Flower farms send 120,000 workers on forced leave

Workers from Maridadi flower farm in Naivasha collect ready roses for dumping in the compost yard due to lack of market. The farm is dumping over 230,000 roses every day. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

More than 120,000 flower farm workers have been sent home in the last two weeks due to the current economic crisis caused by coronavirus pandemic.

According to the Kenya Flower Council (KFC), the sector which employs an estimated 150,000 people is operating with approximately 15 per cent of its workers.