Rivals row on Sh63m loans as dock workers polls near

Dockworkers Union national Secretary General Simon Sang (right) at a previous function. The union’s chairman Mohammed Sharia (left) has accused Sang of financial impropriety ahead of the polls to be held on May 20. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

Loans acquired by the Dock Workers Union have come back to haunt an official as he campaigns to defend his position in the May 20 elections.

A faction of union members claim that Simon Sang, who is defending his seat as secretary-general, should account for the Sh63 million borrowed from Kenya Ports Authority, Mombasa Port Sacco, Bandari Sacco and shylocks before the elections.