Inside UAE’s plan to control African ports business through DP World
An employee at the port of Jebel Ali, operated by the DP World in Dubai. The firm’s potential entry into Kenya just months after DR Congo will link the Great Lakes region and rest of the continent. PHOTO | AFP
United Arab Emirates logistics major Dubai Ports World (DP World) has been caught up in the heat of the political campaigns in Kenya ahead of the August 9 election after a March 2022 deal with Nairobi to run three Kenyan ports became public last week.
The Kenya Kwanza coalition led by Deputy President William Ruto accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of clandestinely trying to auction the country’s assets, claims the government has rejected.
