Business NewsKenya’s flower exports have risen to 80 per cent from 30 per cent in the last one monthNAIVASHA, KENYA: Kenya’s flower exports have risen to 80 per cent from 30 per cent in the last one month after the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Cherugui noted that over 339,000 workers were employed directly by flower farms across the country with hundreds of them sent home on unpaid leave during the height of the pandemic. “The government has introduced various stimulus packages and released VAT refunds to cushion flower farms affected by the pandemic,” he said. SEE ALSO: Police camp in Naivasha set on fire by unknown attackersNakuru Deputy Governor Dr. Eric Korir called on the government to support flower farms whose structures had been submerged in water. “The mainstay of Naivasha town is the flower farms which employs thousands of workers and thus the need to cushion the farmers,” he said.

Source: Standard Digital June 17, 2020 16:30 UTC