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Looming job crisis threatens millions as more firms see red

Four in ten companies in Kenya reckon the worsening business. [iStockphoto]

President William Ruto's plan to create more jobs faces a bleak future with more than half of Kenyan firms warning of a business slowdown this year which could lead to a fresh round of job losses.

Additionally, according to the just published Central Bank of Kenya Market Perceptions Survey, which polls businesses, four in ten companies reckon the worsening business on the back of higher tax and regulatory levies burden coupled with slow demand from consumers could hurt their operations.

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