Thousands of jobs on the line as tens of firms shut down local units

Chances of getting employment are getting slimmer   as manufacturing companies exit Kenya, spelling doom to an economy that was recovering.

More than 300 people lost their jobs recently following the closure of Cadbury Kenya. On October 1, a further 100 lost their jobs after the 47-year-old Eveready East Africa, the biggest dry-cell battery maker in the region, shut its Nakuru factory.