Monday, November 11, 2024 - Dina Sherif, a renowned Egyptian entrepreneur and investor based in the US, has exposed an alleged case of extortion at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
The incident happened when
she landed at JKIA for a business trip with some branded items.
She was initially asked to pay $1,200 (approx.
KSh155,000) for the luggage but the figure kept going down.
"Then it went down to 950. Then to 800
(approx. KSh103, 000),” she narrated, adding that none of the staff explained
to her how they determined the figure.
She explained that the luggage contained 15 books, 20 T-shirts, and some caps.
"Also, it is worth noting that these
items did not even have price tags on them, so they were assigning whatever
value they wanted to these items," she says.
Further, Ms. Sherif, who is also the Executive
Director at Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship in
Massachusetts, US, says the JKIA staff clearing them mishandled them and
confiscated a passport belonging to her colleague.
"They treated myself and my colleague with
disrespect. They confiscated my colleague's passport until we agreed to pay.
After agreeing to pay it, it took them an hour to generate a receipt.
"Then when
I came to pay by credit card, their system was down," she narrates, adding
that they spent at least five hours at the airport after arriving in the
country following the incident.
See her post.
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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