The vast flower farm lying along the idyllic Lake Naivasha, was a workplace and home for at least 3,000 staff and their families. Behind Kasarani estate is a locked gate labelled “Sher Karuturi Hospital”, long closed and with signs like “doctors’ lounge”, “nurses bay”, “radiology” fading in the rotting wood while dusty diagnostic equipment and beds stand stoically. The abandoned hospital at Karuturi flower farm in Naivasha. At the end of the year, there was Sher Day where workers’ families would meet at the stadium for the whole day to make merry, eat and drink alongside the Barnhoons and later, bonuses for Christmas and a few domestic commodities. The giant flower company turned into a battlefield of strikes, and court cases – mostly involving creditors, culminating into the receivership in 2014 and liquidation orders last year.

Source: Daily Nation February 12, 2017 00:22 UTC