Kenyan firms slow hiring, freeze salary increases

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Companies went slow on employment, citing a tough economy. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

Kenyan firms have slowed down hiring of workers and frozen pay raises, citing reduced demand for goods and services amidst biting cash flow problems in a tough economy.

Findings of Stanbic Bank Kenya’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) suggest companies in March grew workforce numbers at the slowest pace since the beginning of the year.

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