Wednesday, June 21, 2023

The Del Monte deaths: shocking claims of violence at pineapple plantation in Kenya

This is a nice example of defamation of a large, international company by so called investigative journalists! It appears to be junk journalism?

And of course this story was published jointly with the leftist The Guardian!

Or is this an attempt to extort a large and well known food company?

Kenya has been a fairly stable and peaceful country for decades. However, there a e.g. regional violent ethnic conflicts.

"... The shocking scale of the accusations has been captured by the law firm Leigh Day in a letter to Del Monte detailing 146 alleged incidents involving 134 locals over a decade. It includes claims of five deaths – all since 2019 – as well as reports of dozens of serious injuries and beatings that have left people unconscious. It also includes five allegations of rape. ..."

The Del Monte deaths: shocking claims of violence at pineapple plantation — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (en-GB)



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