| Updated Wed, March 8th 2017 at 11:19 GMT +3Parliament has been asked to push for better pay for people working for local ship contractors in Mombasa. The Kenya Ships Contractors Association (KSCA), in a petition to Parliament through Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir, said those working for the ship contractors are paid very little by foreign shipping lines. Nassir said he had petitioned Parliament over the grievances of the ship contractors, who employ more than 4,000 workers, including seafarers. It is unfortunate that a number of shipping lines have formed subsidiary ship contractor companies that are foreign-owned to edge out local ship contractors," Nassir complained. "Six international shipping lines are in competition with local ship contractors through their subsidiaries at the port.

Source: Standard Digital March 08, 2017 08:15 UTC