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Firms going slow on permanent hires in cost-cutting measures
Pension and housing levies have recently emerged as key drivers of operational costs in the wake of additional obligations on workers for the two items.
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About 17 percent of employees in top firms are casual workers, as firms increasingly turn to contract staff to control costs.
Official statistics from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show that individuals engaged in casual employment grew from 416,900 in 2020 to 559,200 in 2024, accounting for 17 percent of the 3.31 million formal sector workers
