A team of staff from the International Monetary Fund is visiting Kenya on a fact-finding trip, the IMF said late on Thursday, part of efforts to craft a way forward in the wake of deadly protests that scuppered the government's planned tax hikes.

An International Monetary Fund team is in Kenya to gauge the economic impact of a recent court ruling on tax measures and an expanded budget deficit that threw off course a $3.6 billion financing program.

Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya's main airport as workers protest against a planned takeover by an Indian business group. Large queues formed outside Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday morning as flights were delayed and cancelled.

Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest against a planned takeover by an Indian company. Large queues formed outside Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday morning as flights were delayed and cancelled.