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Contracts raise concern as job losses rise in flower farms

Over 5,000 flower farm workers have lost their jobs in Naivasha alone in the last year according to the Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union.

The union said farmers were now turning to seasonal workers a move they termed as illegal.

This comes barely a month after Oserian flower farm sent home over 2,500 workers as part of ongoing restructuring in the institution.

Ferdinand Juma the KPAWU secretary-general Naivasha branch said farmers were giving conflicting reasons over the job losses, after introducing a new system of hiring workers on six months contract as one way of reducing wage bill.

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