Concern over closure of schools owned by flower farms

Students from Naivasha based Karuturi Secondary school leave the institution which has since been closed down putting the future of over 200 students at stake. The closure follows the move by a receiver-manager who took over Karuturi flower farm to sell all the assets of the farm that at one time employed over 3,000 workers. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The National Parents Association (NPA) and the Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union (KPAWU) have protested the closure of schools owned by flower farms in Naivasha.

Parents and the union noted that the move could spell doom for tens of students whose parents work in various flower farms in the area.