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Flower farm sends 2,500 workers home as cash crunch bites

Olkaria MCA in Naivasha Peter Pallang’a (left) addresses some of the 2,500 workers from Oserian flower farm who were laid off after their contract expired yesterday. [Anthony Gitonga, Standard]

Naivasha-based Oserian flower farm has laid off more than 2,500 workers as the financial crisis in the floriculture sector deepened.

The farm, which is one of the largest in the country with over 3,500 workers, sent the staff home after their contracts allegedly expired.

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