Unlikely Allies Win Campaign to Stop State Monopoly in Cargo Industry in Kenya

Source: Waging Nonviolence

After two months of protest by business owners and workers in Mombasa, the government rescinded a decision that dealt a major blow to the cargo industry.

On Dec. 4, Kenya’s senate committee on transport summoned the cabinet secretary for transport over his directive to haul cargo from the port city of Mombasa to Nairobi exclusively by rail. The meeting — attended by activists, businessmen and leaders from Mombasa — ended with the cabinet secretary, James Macharia, promising to rescind the directive, which has hurt business in the coastal city.

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