Nairobi — Kenya Airways (KQ) will droop flights to Kinshasa within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tomorrow over the continued detention of its two employees amid an allegation of attempting to move uncleared cargo.
Allan Kilavuka, KQ CEO and MD, mentioned that their detainment has disrupted the airways’ capability to function flights between the 2 international locations.
“The continued detention of our workers has made it troublesome for us to oversee our operations in Kinshasa, which embrace customer support, floor dealing with, cargo actions, and usually guaranteeing secure, safe, and environment friendly operations. We additionally ask that our employees be handled humanely and respectfully throughout this illegal detention,” Kilavuka added.
Final week, the nationwide service introduced the apprehension of its employees on the DRC’s Army Intelligence Unit over a lacking doc for the transportation of invaluable cargo on April 12, 2024.
Kilavuka, nonetheless, argued that KQ hadn’t taken the cargo on account of lacking documentation.
In line with KQ, the 2 employees have been taken to a navy wing to report statements and have been held incommunicado till April 23, after they have been visited by KQ and embassy employees.
“We proceed cooperating with the investigating businesses and the related Authorities entities in each DRC and Kenya to make sure this matter is resolved,” KQ added.
“We ask that the Army courtroom’s path that they be launched to permit due course of to be revered in order that our harmless employees can return to their households and on a regular basis lives with out harassment.”