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  • A UK-based food supplier has settled two legal cases alleging rights abuses and rape at farms in Kenya and Malawi, the claimants' lawyers have said. The lawyers did not specify the size of the award but the firm, Camellia, said last week the settlements were worth a total of £6.9 million ($9.6 million, 7.9 million euros) and were made with no admission of liability. A Kenyan subsidiary, Kakuzi, which supplied avocados to UK supermarkets, was accused of employing security guards who had carried out killings, rape and false imprisonment among other abuses since 2009. In Malawi, 36 women workers at a tea plantation alleged abuses including rape and sexual harassment while they worked for Eastern Produce Malawi (EPM), an indirect Camellia subsidiary. "The settlement the parties have reached provides individual compensation for the claimants, who have claimed damages as victims of human rights abuses," Daniel Leader, a lawyer from the Leigh Day firm representing the Kenyan claimants, said in a statement on Sunday. He said the Kenyan settlement, resulting from a case filed on behalf of 85 Kenyans in October last year at London's High Court, guaranteed a "substantial package of additional measures". For example, Kakuzi agreed to construct three new roads around the plantation in central Kenya, which is also a major source of macadamia nuts, pineapples and timber In a filing at London's High Court in October 2019, the Malawian women alleged they had experienced gender-based violence including rape and sexual harassment. Sapna Malik of Leigh Day, representing the claimants in Malawi, called the settlement "ground-breaking". He said it not only provided compensation but included "significant changes to the working practices at EPM to improve the safety and prospects of its women employees". The projects include scholarships for 10 women and other improvements that "should also bring meaningful improvements and opportunities to women and children in the communities", Malik added. Camellia said the Kenyan case was settled for £4.6 million and the Malawian claims for £2.3 million. csp/jxb
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  • UK food firm pays £6.9 mn over Kenya, Malawi abuse claims
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