As the Kenyan economy continues to struggle, with so many companies struggling to meet their obligations, many have opted to fire employees, the latest being Unga Group.
Unga Group has issued a redundancy notice saying that at least 50 employees will be shown the door and that that decision is not going back if the business wants to survive.
“Our sales, particularly for the Unga Limited business have been below budget consistently, resulting in low capacity utilization and high fixed costs that are no longer sustainable,” said the company in a notice.
The announcement by Unga Group comes a few days after the Federation of Kenyan Employers announced that at least 70,000 Kenyans had lost their jobs in less than one year due to high taxes and poor government policies that are hitting hard on businesses.
“We are anticipating compulsory redundancies that will affect a maximum of 50 employees in different locations and departments,” added the company.
President William Ruto has downplayed job losses around the country saying that instead, his government has created at least 120,000 jobs at Mjengo sites in the ongoing affordable housing projects. Jokes of the year but we move on.
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Here is the statement from Unga Group:
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