Kenyan Government silent on jobs loss crisis

The Government has remained silent on job losses even as employers insisted their backs are against on the wall.

Speaking at a workshop in Nairobi, Labour Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie steered clear of the issue, moments after Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) boss Jacqueline Mugo had said employers had resorted to laying off workers as a “last-ditch effort” to save their enterprises.