Kenya Ports Authority had replaced senior managers at Mombasa port in response to pressure to tackle drug and ivory smuggling at East Africa's main trade gateway. Masden Madoka, the port's chairman, said managing director Gichiri Ndua and five other senior managers had been sent into early retirement and several others were likely to follow. There are no suggestions any of the six were directly involved in smuggling, though Madoka said investigations into corruption were ongoing.
