Fund for sacked employees now inches closer to reality

Cabinet secretary for labor Simon Chelugui. PHOTO | LUCY WANJIRU | NMG

The Labour ministry has completed stakeholder mapping and is now ready to move to the next stage of establishing an Unemployment Fund which will offer salaried employees a temporary relief after being fired.

Labour Principal Secretary Peter Tum says the proposed Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has now received backing from within the government, paving the way to engage the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) and the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu).

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