‘I saw many people suffer’: former Del Monte Kenya guards speak of violence on pineapple farm

Exclusive: former guards tell of clashes on farm that is facing civil claims over allegations of killing, rape and beatings

Former security guards at a vast Del Monte pineapple farm in Kenya have spoken for the first time describing violent clashes between guards and thieves at the plantation, which is facing civil claims over allegations of killing, rape and beatings by its guards.

Earlier this month Del Monte announced it would be outsourcing its security operations at the farm to G4S, sacking its 214 in-house guards.