Kenya: Govt Dismisses Reports of Firing 5,000 Sugar Industry Workers

The government has dismissed reports that more than 5,000 Kenyans working in the sugarcane industry are set to be sent home in the ongoing leasing of public sugar mills to private investors. 

The developments come after the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) under the leadership of its Secretary General, Francis Atwoli, wrote to the Labour Cabinet Secretary, Alfred Mutu, condemning the planned sackings of sugar workers while urging the government to focus on expanding employment…