The government has no plan to privatise the Kenya Ports Authority, Finance minister Njeru Githae said on Thursday. The minister said the cabinet suspended the port privatisation plan a year ago and has not resumed such talks and there is no intention to do so soon.
"The government is not planning to privatise KPA," Githae said at a press conference . He was reacting to a protest by the Dock Workers Union after they interpreted recent remarks from him on the port, saying this was against an agreement signed last year.
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