Business Daily | by Patrick Alushula
Firms operating in export processing zones (EPZs) shed 8,135 jobs in the financial year ended June as Covid-19 pandemic disrupted export markets, forcing them to trim their workforce.
Data from the State Department of Trade shared with the Treasury shows that the number of Kenyans employed in these special economic zones dropped from 60,733 at the end of June last year to 52,598 last June.
The employment opportunities fell below the 66,000 that had been targeted by the State despite…
