Local agri-business firm Kakuzi Plc has announced the full constitution of its Independent Human Rights Advisory Committee (IHRAC) with the appointment of Gina Din-Kariuki. While confirming the latest committee member, Kakuzi Plc Managing Director Chris Flowers said the appointment of Din-Kariuki, to the IHRAC chaired by former Attorney General Prof Githu Muigai takes immediate effect. […]
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Kenya: Savvy Farmers Capitalise on Growing Demand for Avocado in Export Markets
A few years back, Grace Ngungi took a leap of faith and began pulling down the coffee plants on her 400-hectare farm in Juja, Kiambu County, to replace half the farm with avocado trees. She went ahead and invested a substantial amount of her savings into buying nearly 4,000 avocado seedlings, confident that the returns […]
Human rights: Kakuzi Plc affirms zero tolerance to sexual harassment at the workplace
NAIROBI, Kenya Sep 25 – Listed local agri-business firm Kakuzi Plc has announced the appointment of 50 champions within its employee ranks to spearhead its Sexual Harassment Awareness, Reporting and Prevention (SHARP) program. The appointing of the SHARP champions is part of the firm’s ongoing Human Rights promotion efforts to mitigate operating risks associated with […]
Kakuzi commissions champions to oversee sexual harassment awareness
Listed local agri-business firm Kakuzi Plc has announced the appointment of 50 champions within its employee ranks to spearhead its Sexual Harassment Awareness, Reporting and Prevention (SHARP) program. The appointing of the SHARP champions is part of the firm’s ongoing Human Rights promotion efforts to mitigate operating risks associated with Sexual Harassment vices at the […]
Family turns treehouse into rural retreat in Murang’a
An eco farmhouse owned by Snehal Shah’s family in Murang’a. PHOTO | POOL Snehal Shah manages a two-bedroomed eco treehouse which sits on a 500-acre family-owned fruit orchard in Makuyu, Murang’a. “My husband always had a fascination with treehouses. Growing up, his family had one in their garden so this is an extension of that […]
Kakuzi hires Githu Muigai to lead its human rights drive
Attorney- General Githu Muigai. FILE PHOTO | NMG Kakuzi has appointed former Attorney-General Githu Muigai to lead its human rights reforms as part of the agricultural firm’s settlement of alleged abuses including rape and violence. He now chairs the company’s newly created Independent Human Rights Advisory Committee (IHRAC) that will provide technical advice to the […]
Kakuzi keen on efficiency enhancement, value addition and product diversification to fuel growth
Listed local agri-business firm Kakuzi Plc has announced a marginal drop in its half-year pre-tax profit attributed to slower market growth and price volatility in its key export markets due to the Covid 19 pandemic. In its half-year trading disclosures released by Chairman Nicholas Ng’ang’a, Kakuzi Plc confirmed a 3% drop in its profit before […]
Kakuzi PLC Appoints Human Rights Advisory Committee
Kakuzi PLC, a local agri-business firm has established an Independent Human Rights Advisory Committee (IHRAC) and appointed former Attorney General Prof. Githu Muigai as its Chairman. The members of the IHRAC’s who have been appointed to the firm’s board, will advise and review Kakuzi’s action points to ensure that the firm remains at the leading […]
UK’s Tesco keeps ban on Kakuzi avocados
Britain’s largest supermarket chain, Tesco is yet to reinstate avocado supplies by Kakuzi #ticker:KUKZ as it presses for compressive human rights reforms by the Murang’a-based agriculture firm. The British retailer on October 11, 2020 temporarily dropped Kakuzi as its supplier of avocados pending investigations into alleged assault and sexual misconduct by some of its employees. […]
Prof. Githu Muigai to head Human Rights Advisory Committee at Kakuzi
Kakuzi, an agribusiness firm in Kenya , has appointed an Independent Human Rights Advisory Committee (IHRAC) to be chaired by former Attorney General Prof. Githu Muigai. With the appointment of the committee to its Board, Kakuzi is the first corporate organization in Sub Sahara Africa to constitute and establish such an independent advisory panel. In […]