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Candidates in dockers election sell their agenda

A dockworker off-loads some of the consignment consisting of 38,000 metric tonnes of DAP (diamonnium phospate fertilizer from the MV Multan to a truck at the Port of Mombasa, March 30, 2016. This is the second consignment of fertilizer in this month and will be transported to farmers in South and North Rift in Rifty Valley. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

Campaigns for the port workers’ union have gone full throttle with top contenders expressing hope of clinching the coveted general secretary’s post.

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, aspirants for the Dock Workers Union (DWU) general secretary have been meeting workers in small groups as they seek to oust incumbent Simon Sang, who has led the body for 15 years.

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