Flower export standoff requires middle ground

Flower farmers are throwing away up to 25 percent of produce on cargo transportation hitch linked to a push to protect national carrier Kenya Airways. This is not rosy at all to the farmers and the economy, looking at the jobs and earnings at risk. Farmers say they need to move at least 5,000 tonnes weekly while the capacity is capped at 3,500 tonnes and the high season is just picking up. Flower is one of Kenya’s leading foreign exchange earners that generated about $1 billion in sales in 2019 and employs 150,000 workers. Specifically, the government will not allow Ethiopian Airlines to incre…

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