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yuMobile employees want Sh1.2b before sale

yuMobile Chief Executive Madhur Taneja. Employees are demanding Sh1.2 billion as severance pay before the sale is completed. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

By MACHARIA KAMAU

NAIROBI, KENYA: The controversies surrounding the sale of yuMobile deepened as the firm’s employees turned down an offer to be reabsorbed by the two operators that have bid to buy the mobile operator.

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