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Kenya aviation workers end strike that disrupted flights, officials say

By Thomson Reuters Aug 31, 2026 | 11:34 PM

NAIROBI, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Kenya’s aviation workers have called off a strike ​that disrupted flights ‌at its main international and other airports, Transport Minister Davis Chirchir and aviation ‌workers ​union head Moss ⁠Ndiema said on ⁠Tuesday.

The strike, mostly by air traffic controllers on Sunday and Monday, disrupted ​several flights into and out of the ⁠main Jomo ⁠Kenyatta International Airport ​and delays spilt over to ​regional airports in East ‌Africa and beyond.

“We are simply calling off our strike action and pleading ⁠with our members to begin the process of normalising operations, ⁠restoring ‌services,” Ndiema told ⁠a press conference.

“For ​those ‌who are on duty, ​we ⁠are asking them to begin clearing flights.”

(Reporting by George Obulutsa and Vincent Mumo Nzilani; Editing by Tom ​Hogue)