There's a lot of extramarital sex here as well as wife inheritance. We try to educate the workers about the dangers, but they're not getting the message. Older people don't fool around so much. We know we're not going to lose them. Many companies in Kenya, and elsewhere in Africa, require new employees to have a blood test, especially if health cover is on offer.
Mandatory testing is illegal in Kenya, but few job seekers refuse.
Once they've got a job, though, many discover that promotion is conditional on regular testing. Fearing the results, some workers prefer to stick in the same job, stifling growth and productivity. You might find out something you don't want to know. The cost of testing, health care and recruitment, as well as productivity losses due to sick leave and even days lost when staff attend funerals, has begun eating into profits. Figuring that the best way to avoid a blow-out in expenses is to keep their employees healthy, a few companies, mostly big banks and multinationals, offer booklets and training courses on how to avoid contracting hiv.