The Kenya Union of Sugarcane Plantation and Allied Workers (KUSPAW) has threatened to move to court to bar the leasing program for state-owned sugar factories.
Union Secretary General, Francis Wangara, said leasing exercise will not take place until the government clears Sh4.7 billion in salary arrears for workers, which were long overdue.
The firms, he added, owed the union Sh10 million which has not been remitted despite being deducted from workers' salaries.
Wangara said the union has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture Mutahi Kagwe over the matter calling for prompt action to avert the long court process. "We have written to the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary where we have made ourselves clear that the leasing shall not take place until the debt is cleared.
