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Portland Cement looks to land sales to fund turnaround

East African Portland Cement aims to sell land and shed 1,000 workers -- two thirds of its staff -- to cut debt and try to revive its fortunes after its market share plummeted, its chairman said.

Portland, 52 percent owned by the state, was found technically insolvent in a November report by Kenya's auditor-general, because its liabilities outstripped assets.

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