Its the boy who cried wolf. KA could be very generously telling staff what is going on which would be ideal and the takeover is done and the money goes through. Equally there could be a genuine hiccup which delays the takeover and the payment, but even if this was the case, Ken has been untruthful about stuff before and nobody would believe it.
We also know that the most likely outcome is that he will be lying and will blame non payment of the wages on the takeover not going through.
I agree that he can't really win if hes being truthful, but hes brought it upon himself.