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Kenya: New liquidator takes charge of Karuturi flower farm

The process of selling off the largest flower farm in Naivasha, Karuturi, has kicked off, with a new liquidator moving in.

More than 2,000 former workers of the company camped outside the farm demanding their dues as the new managers were ushered in by police.

Addressing the workers, the Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union representative in Naivasha, Ferdinand Juma, said they were kept in the dark about the workers' fate.

He said the union is ready to meet with the new receiver managers, and it wants to know what plans they have for the workers who were laid off.

“The workers are not represented under the new liquidator managers, but they are part and parcel of this farm as they are owed millions of shillings,” Juma said.

He said the move to cut off water and electricity supply for the staff quarters has worsened the situation.

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