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Farm employees now sent home as flower exports dip

A deserted grading hall at Naivasha-based Maridadi flower farm yesterday. The firm has sent home 150 workers as it is no longer exporting roses to Europe. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

More than 1,000 workers from various flower farms in Naivasha have been sent home as the financial crunch caused by the coronavirus epidemic deepened.

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