Mumias Sugar Company sends home all its employees

All Mumias Sugar Company employees have been sent home packing just over a month after it went into receivership under Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB).

In a letter dated November 5, 2019, the company said, “Consequent to the company being placed in receivership, all employees contracts stand terminated from the date of receivership i.e 20th September, 2019.”

“Any payment to the affected employees shall be dealt with in accordance with the provision of the law,” read the letter in part.

New staff will be hired on temporary basis to keep the company running and priority will be given to the now former staff, who have just been fired.

“Accordingly, the Receiver shall engage the services of any employee on a temporary basis on mutually agreeable terms until the time when the operations resume. Priority will however be given to the past employees while recruiting the staff on temporary basis until the time when the company’s operations are revived,” ended the letter.