Over 2000 Kenyans risk unemployment after an international company (Browns PLC) plans to retrench workers across its tea estates.
Governor Erick Mutai has questioned the motives behind an international company’s decision to announce plans to retrench over 2,000 workers just months after establishing a base in Kenya.
Mutai stated that the Sri Lankan firm, Browns Plc, was targeting workers unjustifiably, just months after acquiring tea plantations in Bomet, Kericho and Kiambu counties from Ekaterra Plc and James Finlay Kenya.
He rallied behind the workers and called for the immediate halting of the retirement plan being pushed by the firm.
“We have engaged the management of the Browns Plantations company with a view to having them review the move, retain the workers, and employ more in the near future in place of the machines that were introduced a few years ago,” Dr Mutai said.