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Inside State House deal that helped avert KQ pilots strike
Sources say President Uhuru Kenyatta’s chief of staff, Joseph Kinyua promised the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (Kalpa) prompt action against top KQ officials. PHOTO | FILE
National carrier Kenya Airways escaped a potentially crippling pilots’ strike after State House waded into the dispute and promised that some big heads will roll by end of month.
People familiar with the negotiations said the pilots only agreed to suspend the industrial action after the government, which is an anchor shareholder in the airline, committed to overhaul the airline’s management — meaning senior KQ managers may be asked to leave.
