Centum gets Kenya dealership for the high-end Courvoisier cognac
Centum gets Kenya dealership for the high-end Courvoisier cognac Centum has signed a distributorship contract with one of the world’s premium alcoholic spirits makers in a deal that will see one of the NSE-listed firm’s subsidiaries exclusively market brands like Courvoisier and Jim Beam locally. King…
Uchumi changes tack on sale of assets after receiving low offers
Uchumi changes tack on sale of assets after receiving low offers Retail chain Uchumi Supermarkets has changed tack on its ongoing sale of assets, preferring to only dispose part of the land on which the flagship Ngong Road branch is built and part-lease the Lang’ata Hyper…
KQ sends finance boss home, retires fleet chief
KQ sends finance boss home, retires fleet chief National carrier Kenya Airways on Tuesday sent home its long-serving finance director, Alex Mbugua, in what was seen as part of a broader initiative to turn around the fortunes of the loss-making company […]…
Uchumi targets Sh5bn from new strategic investor
Uchumi targets Sh5bn from new strategic investor Uchumi Supermarkets is looking for a strategic investor to take a controlling stake in the retailer in exchange for a Sh5 billion capital injection. Uchumi plans to create an additional one billion shares to accommodate the new investor, which…
Closing Bell: Nation Media Group Top Gainer as TransCentury Limited Declines
Nation Media Group Top Gainer as TransCentury Limited Declines Nation Media Group (NMG) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 8.33% to close at KES 195, which was a KES 15.00 gain in share price. TransCentury Limited (TCL) was the top loser of the day. It had a…
Uchumi battles to recover Sh2bn from landlords
Uchumi battles to recover Sh2bn from landlords Uchumi had committed to open more than 20 outlets in Kenya in the mid-term and had reserved space in malls such as Centum-owned Two Rivers, Sarit Centre, Lake Basin Mall in Kisumu and Kenyatta University’s Unicity. The payments now…
Ex-workers sue Uchumi for Uganda exit
Ex-workers sue Uchumi for Uganda exit Former employees of Uchumi Supermarket have sued the retail chain for not informing them prior to closure of its Ugandan branches and exiting the country without remitting their salaries. Former employees say Uchumi Supermarket duped them and closed shop without…
Treasury scraps controversial 5pc capital gains tax after rejection
Treasury scraps controversial 5pc capital gains tax after rejection Treasury secretary Henry Rotich has scrapped the controversial five per cent tax on the gains made from selling shares and instead introduced a 0.3 per cent withholding tax on sales value. Resistance by the Kenya Association…
Mumias slashes staff allowances, freezes pay increments
Mumias slashes staff allowances, freezes pay increments Troubled Mumias Sugar Company has halved senior staff allowances and frozen pay increments as it struggles to climb out of the deep pit of losses it fell into two years ago. Mumias managing director Coutts Otollo informed staff of the changes, part…
UAP Holdings says capital gains tax hit profit in 2014
UAP Holdings says capital gains tax hit profit in 2014 UAP Holdings said Monday that the introduction of the capital gains tax (CGT) caused the drop in its overall profitability in 2014. The insurance firm’s net profit for 2014 fell by eight per cent to stand at Sh1.67 billion…
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