Less than a month after announcing that it would send home almost 600 employees as apart of a restructuring exercise ahead of its merger with Airtel Kenya, Telkom Kenya has now announced that it will “advertise and interview” employees for positions in Airtel-Telkom.
“Telkom Kenya issued a one-month notice of redundancy, with effect from July 31, 2019, to its employees, informing them of the intention to terminate the employment of approximately 575 of its staff complement, on account of redundancy, as a result of the Transaction. This is line with the law and is a process that has to be undertaken before employees are able to move to any other entity and is still subject to regulatory approvals,” noted Telkom Kenya in a statement.
“Subsequently, the intention is to advertise and interview Telkom employees for positions in the Combined Entity and its outsourced partners. Engagement of these employees will be guided by the Combined Entity’s recruitment criteria as well as the mapped positions therein.”
In February this year, Telkom Kenya and Airtel Kenya announced the signing of a binding agreement to combine their respective Mobile, Enterprise and Carrier Services businesses in Kenya into Airtel (to be renamed Airtel-Telkom to reflect the combination of the businesses.
Just about 6 later after the merger was announced, Telkom Kenya’s management then sent out a memo to staff stating that 575 staff, estimated to be one-third of the telco’s workforce, would be sent home before the joint venture with Airtel Kenya can be actualised under a new brand, Airtel-Telkom.
The memo, signed by the firm’s CEO Mugo Kibati stated: “We have notified the Communications Workers Union (COWU) and sent out individualised letters to staff where applicable as well as to the County Labour offices, giving one-month’s notice with effect from July 31, 2019, of our intention to terminate the employment of approximately 575 of our employees, on account of redundancy, as part of the Transaction”.
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