Kenya Airways will on Friday retrench 80 employees in a bid to seek "a long-term sustainable financial structure for the airline". The company CEO Mbuvi Ngunze said that the retrenchment is in line with the “Operation Pride” to improve profitability and revisit the operating model and network. "Today, we will commence with the first phase of redundancies which will impact approximately 80 staff members". "We are cognizant that this is a difficult period for Kenya Airways and employee assistance will be available for affected staff at the time of the exercise and for two weeks thereafter. Mbuvi said the affected employees will be relived off their duties in accordance with labour laws.

Source: The Star July 08, 2016 07:41 UTC