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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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