Thousands of truck drivers are now facing joblessness following unlawfulness as cited by the Kenya Transporters Associations (KTA) and the Kenya Internal Freight and Warehousing Associations.
According to the organisations, multinational companies are engaging in unfair practices in the logistics sector, which is putting thousands of truck drivers at risk of joblessness.
The Kenya Transporters Association national chairman Newton Wang’o speaking on Saturday, April 6, noted that local investors in the transport sector own up to 90 per cent of trucks.
In his complaint, he further explained that multinational companies secured 90 per cent of logistics contracts, which is hurting the economy, rendering local companies broke, and may lead to loss of jobs.
KTA further accused the companies of engaging in corruption to secure the deals, asking the Parliament to intervene and establish laws to shield local companies.
“With a law in place, there won’t be an abuse of dominance, and we can therefore if we want business we will get them without competing with multinational companies,” they argued.
According to the stakeholders, the Parliament has the power to create laws that will regulate the sector and favour local Kenyans.
“We are saying that the saviour and the person who can address this quagmire is the Parliament of Kenya.”
More Kenyans are facing unemployment after over 44 countries were given a notice of dissolution.
In a Gazette notice published on Friday, March, the companies were listed by the Registrar of Companies, Joyce Koech, who asked the public to submit remarks on the looming dissolution.
The companies span various sectors including hospitality, consultancy, real estate, ICT, construction, and communication.
"The Registrar of Companies gives notice that the names of the companies specified here under shall be struck off from the Register of Companies at the expiration of three months from the date of publication of this Notice and invites any person to show cause why the companies should not be struck off from the Register of Companies," read part of the notice.
