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Kenya Airways pilots set to embark on strike

Despite a court decision suspending the industrial action, pilots at Kenya Airways, the country's flag carrier, want to strike starting on S...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief November 04, 2022
Updated November 4, 2022 at 11:19 AM
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Despite a court decision suspending the industrial action, pilots at Kenya Airways, the country's flag carrier, want to strike starting on Saturday in order to demand better working conditions.

 “Kenya Airways management’s actions have left us with no other option,” Nyaga said, adding that a 14-day notice on the action had ended without a solution.

“We had hoped that the management of the airline would soften its stance and engage in negotiation on the issues raised,” they said.

The pilots, who have had a particularly fraught relationship with management, are pressing for the reinstatement of contributions to a provident fund.

They also want back payment of all salaries stopped during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kenya Airways Wednesday warned the strike would jeopardise its recovery and said none of the grievances by the pilots merited a strike.

“Industrial action is unnecessary at this point, as it will delay and disrupt the financial and operational recovery and cause reputational damage to Kenya Airways,” board chairman, Michael Joseph, said in a statement.

The Airways was founded in 1977 following the demise of East African Airways and flies over four million passengers to 42 destinations annually.

But its “Pride of Africa” slogan rings hollow as it operates thanks to state bailouts following years of losses.

The airline, partly owned by the government and Dutch carrier KLM, is one of the continent’s biggest, connecting multiple nations within Africa to Europe and Asia, but currently facing turbulent times.

The Kenya Airlines Pilots Association said a series of meetings with the airline management had failed to resolve the pilots’ grievances.

No Kenya Airways flight will depart Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from 6:00 am (0300 GMT) on Saturday, said the union’s secretary general, Captain Murithi Nyaga.

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