The farm employs 800 people permanently and is the largest employer in the district.
50% of the employees are housed on the farm with their families.
50% of the employees are female.
Employment age is from 18 until 55 years.
The farm is situated in a rural area 40 km from the nearest town, Kitale. The area is not supplied with electricity and has only dirt roads. There are limited facilities for healthcare and schooling.

A Women's League is active to discuss gender issues on the farm and create awareness about issues like family planning, female healthproblems, domestic violence, women's rights and education of the girl child.

A Health and Safety committee is involved in the management and creation of awareness on all H&S issues.

The needs assesment for training is constantly happening and we strive to promote employees within the farm as much as possible.

Since 1999 a savings and credit cooperative ( MEO SACCO) was started at the employees' initiative, with the support of the company. The aim is to provide employees with development loans mainly for housing, education and income generating activities. This savings scheme is having a marked positive impact on the personal development of the employees and their families.

Bonus schemes based on the quality of individual employee performances are an integral part of the benefit scheme of the company.

Interest free credit for maize and milk and medical expenses is given out on a monthly basis.

An HIV/Aids policy is in place. Since 1998 the company has been involved in activities to create awareness of HIV/Aids among the employees. Since 2005 a VCT centre ( voluntary counseling and testing ) has been in operation on the farm and since 2007 ART ( anti retroviral therapy) has been available to seropositive employees. The farm HIV/Aids program is part of the much larger community HIV/Aids program which has also been developed by the company.

For many years the farm was running community projects. In 2005 those projects were placed under the Mount Elgon Trust. All employees and their families still benefit from the projects of the Mount Elgon Trust which include Health Care , Education and Housing projects amongst others.

For more information see Mount Elgon Trust