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Article

9 Mar 2004

Author:
IRIN, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

KENYA: Focus on working conditions in EPZ companies

An estimated 36,000 people toil under harsh conditions in Kenya's Export Processing Zones (EPZs), according to Kenyan NGOs...Jennifer Miano, the executive director of the Kenya Human Rights Commission...said the major problem with EPZs was the lack of respect for and observance of basic human rights...