The Federation of Kenya Employers warns that already, Kenya's competitiveness in doing business has dropped thereby affecting the creation of jobs. Updated Fri, July 8th 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3The heightened political temperatures could curtail jobs creation, employers have warned. Mark Obuya, who is the CEO of Corporate Insurance Company Limited, was elected the National President of the FKE, taking over from Gitahi whose term has ended. This means that 82.8 per cent of employment in the country is in the informal sector. The employers' lobby noted with concern that Kenya's competitiveness declined in ranking to 99 in 2015 from 90 in 2014.

Source: Standard Digital July 07, 2016 21:11 UTC