Protect firms and their staff in this pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating effect on local firms. Many are lost on how to stay afloat amid the decline in demand for their products and services. And majority of Kenyans can understand the various mechanisms their employers have used such as reduced wages and unpaid leave.

These rough but necessary measures also enable the companies to save jobs. The Ministry of Labour recently gazetted a Memorandum of Understanding that will make it easier for private sector firms to employ such measures as they battle effects of Covid-19. The MoU implores employers and employees to work together to sail through the storm.