Kenya Airways has announced that it will be freezing its annual salary increments as it seeks to cut costs.
In a letter to the Kenya Aviation Workers Union (Kawu), KQ announced that the freze will begin this month.
“From our previous consultative meetings, management has briefed the union on initiatives the company is taking with a view to cutting costs and increasing revenue,” KQ’s acting group HR director Lucy Muhiu says in a letter to Kawu.
“One such initiative is freezing of annual increments for the period of two years. We wish to implement freezing of the annual increments in the payroll this month in order to start realising the intended savings.”
The move is part of the national carrier’s recovery strategy. KQ sacked 80 staff last week, half of them being Kawu members.
