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Airtel Kenya has fired 60 employees in the latest retrenchment to hit the highly competitive telecoms industry. The mobile operator, owned by Indian tycoon Sunil Mittal, said it is sending home the staff in a strategic restructuring that could re-position the business to profitability.
"The exercise, which is focused on aligning the company's structure with its operating model, also entailed a right-sizing that impacted 60 members of our current workforce," Airtel Kenya Chief Executive Officer Director Adil El Youssefi said in a statement released late Friday.
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