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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Diversification of products and services has helped Bamburi Cement\u00a0to navigate through the effects of Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Bamburi Cement Chief Executive\u00a0Seddiq Hassani\u00a0(pictured) said the change of strategy has enabled the 68-year-old company to navigated through the Covid-19 turbulence without laying off any of its 400 employees even as other companies falter or fold altogether.<\/p>\n

The move, he noted, has been boosted by the company\u2019s cost-cutting policy that has seen it innovate to save on fuel during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe collect used tiles and other waste material that we burn to high temperature in our kilns to produce energy, a process that also helps clean the environment. Another area where Bamburi has emerged a champion is borne out by our achievement at Haller Park in Mombasa that is today a tourist attraction from a desolate quarry,” he said in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is through such deliberate efforts that Bamburi\u2019s annual cement output of two million tonnes per year has remained constant during the pandemic, except for a slight shock between March and June 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hassani noted that they also make revenue from drawings of houses and other projects for customers on request and ensure construction specifications are adhered to.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made the protection of our employees and the business our priority. We ensured the older cadre worked from home. To protect the business, we stopped all non-essential expenditure and capitalised on innovation,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

He admitted that the first few months of 2020 when the virus was first reported in Kenya saw a\u00a0dip in the firm\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n

He says things started getting better in July 2020, when the company committed Sh15.6 million to help in the fight against the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: Diversification of products and services has helped Bamburi Cement\u00a0to navigate through the effects of Covid-19 pandemic. Bamburi Cement Chief Executive\u00a0Seddiq Hassani\u00a0(pictured) said the change of strategy has enabled the 68-year-old company to navigated through the Covid-19 turbulence without laying off any of its 400 employees even as other companies falter or fold altogether. 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