Earlier this morning, the chief editor of this site received information that local airline Skyward Express has fired staff at their Lodwar Town Station in Turkana County.
The information that was sent was very specific that 30 people have been sent home.
Another information by a different entity to the editor of this site also stated that passengers were stranded at the Lodwar Airport and calls was now being manned by one person. There was no staff members to clarify anything to the disgruntled passengers.
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After posting the information, and copying the airline; Skyward Express has now come out defending itself and terming the news as fake.
#FakeNews Alert! Skyward Express has only had a reschedule of flights and has not laid off any staff in any of it’s five stations.
#FakeNews Alert! Skyward Express has only had a reschedule of flights and has not laid off any staff in any of it's five stations. #FlySkyward https://t.co/UwJdzMXX0c
— Fly Skyward Express (@SkywardExpress) September 5, 2019
Skyward Express can do better with a comprehensive statement even as we ask Wananchi about their experience with the airline:
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