Kenyan airport staff praised for returning bag with $19,000 to UK tourist

While Pilots at Kenya’s national airline prepare to go on strike this Saturday,two Kenyan airport workers and a police officer have earned commendations across board for returning a bag carrying about $19,000 (£17,000) and other valuables to a British tourist.

This is coming few hours after the news of planned strike by Kenyan pilots on Saturday. The two Kenyan airport workers with a police officer returned a bag carrying about $19,000 (£17,000) and other valuables to a British tourist and the story has been generation different comments from different quarters.

The tourist identified as Benson said in a gratitude email to the Kenya police.
“All the money totalling to around $19,000 and some thousands of Kenya shillings were all intact. All my cards were found intact. All other valuables which included a regalia given to me by my late grandmother was also intact. It was a daydream for me,” He said he had carried the substantial amount to facilitate his group’s movement and comfort.

The airport’s security supervisor, Joseph Kabangi, told the local Citizen TV that “integrity is a core value” among staff at the airport. The tourist was in a group that had just returned from a safari at Maasai Mara game reserve when he lost the bag at Wilson airport in the capital, Nairobi.
The airport workers and policewoman found the bag and screened it for explosives before the owner was contacted.