EPZA assures security of 8,000 jobs in Mombasa as new zones are gazetted
UK Prime Minister Trade Envoy to Kenya, Theo Clarke (second left), receives a gift hamper from EPZ Board Chairman Richard Cheruiyot during her recent visit to EPZA Athi River. Also present were PS Abubakar Hassan Abubakar and EPZA Chief Executive Officer Hussein Adan Mohamed (second right).
The management of the Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) has allayed fears of massive job losses at the Mombasa-based industrial zone.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the EPZA management assured workers that their jobs are safe, saying that companies that had been marked for closure this year will instead be put under new management.
