The damaging thorn in Kenya’s blooming trade

Roses are Kenya’s second-biggest export and thousands of them will be bought by Irish consumers today.

But flower farms are fighting accusations about the environmental cost being paid for a Western luxury. Amid the post-election violence in the east African country, Juno McEnroe visited its flower trade hub, Lake Naivasha, to investigate

A WAR of the roses threatened to overshadow Ireland’s love affair with foreign flowers last night as retailers were forced to defend the importation of millions of bouquets from Kenya.