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Kenya's flower exports now feel the heat of rising freight costs

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Workers at the Maridadi flower farm in Naivasha. [File, Standard]

Kenya’s flower industry, long celebrated as one of the country’s biggest export success stories, is staring at fresh uncertainty as rising freight costs, global geopolitical tensions and increasing production expenses pile pressure on growers and exporters.

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