Over 30,000 workers from four Kenyan sugar companies have issued a strike notice effective next Thursday to protest Ksh.10.8 billion in unpaid salary arrears and benefits. Despite government commitments for partial payment, no funds have been released, prompting the Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation and Allied Workers (KUSPAW) to call for the immediate industrial action.

• Over 30,000 workers across four sugar companies are demanding Ksh.10.8 billion in outstanding salary arrears and benefits.
• Francis Wangara, General Secretary of the Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation and Allied Workers (KUSPAW), stated that the government failed to disburse a promised Ksh.4 billion, including Ksh.1.9 billion for salary arrears.
• The union claims the Ministry of Agriculture and other senior government officials have repeatedly made unfulfilled assurances regarding payments, even after the sugar mills were leased to private investors.