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Sending home workers fails to fix banks’ rising wage bill costs

By Patrick Alushula | 8yrs ago

National Bank Harambee Avenue: Photo: Wilberforce Okwiri

Kenya’s banking sector spent Sh97 billion to pay staff salaries in 2016 despite job cuts, an increase of 10.4 per cent from previous year’s Sh87.8 billion, even as move to trim workforce gains momentum.

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