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Kenya Airways sends home 80 staff in retrenchment plan targeting 600

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Kenya Airways Friday sacked 80 employees in one of the cost-cutting measures expected to yield Sh10 billion in savings a year.

About 500 more workers would be sent home in the ongoing redundancies following reduction of the airline’s fleet amid mounting losses. Managing Director Mbuvi Ngunze conveyed the heart-breaking but anticipated news in a statement sent Friday morning.

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