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A worker at Naivasha based Oserian flower farm. [File, Standard]
We were in shock and dismayed by a story published in the Saturday Standard of September 22, titled ‘Blooms of Death; Flowers rake billions at the cost of poor workers’ lives’ with a sidebar titled ‘Doctors warned me against going back to the flower farm.’
Our key concern is portraying us as an irresponsible company and being used to validate the report used as source of the information. The damage that can arise from such gross misrepresentation of our business is unimaginable. Your reporters should have exhausted all possible avenues to seek clarification on the falsehoods reported, with full knowledge of the consequences to both the Standard Group and Oserian Development Company.
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