Safaricom chairman Nicholas Ng’ang’a speaks during a press conference following the death of Bob Collymore, Safaricom’s chief executive at the company’s headquarters in Nairobi NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan food producer Kakuzi has appointed a new chairman and admitted a new director to its board, weeks after it was suspended by British retailer Tesco. Kakuzi has […]
Nicholas Nganga has been appointed chairman of the board of Kakuzi PLC with immediate effect. Nganga takes over from Graham Mclean who steps down from the role but will remain a non?executive director. Among his other roles, Nicholas Nganga was chairman of Safaricom, Kenya’s leading telco, from 2007 until 2020, and is current chairman of […]
Troubled agricultural firm Kakuzi #ticker:KUKZ has denied accusations by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) of tampering with witnesses in the ongoing human rights abuse case against it in the UK. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)-listed firm, which has been sued in London for alleged human rights abuses on its vast Kenyan plantations, said yesterday […]
Troubled agricultural firm Kakuzi has tapped Safaricom’s long serving chairman to steer its board amid a raging human rights abuse row that has seen it lose lucrative supply deals in the United Kingdom. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)-listed firm, which has been sued in the UK for alleged human rights abuses on its vast Kenyan […]
Former Safaricom chairman, Nicholas Nganga has been appointed to chair the Kakuzi board with immediate effect. Nganga has taken over from Graham Mclean who bowed out of the role, but will stay on as a non-executive director. Kakuzi PLC is a listed Kenyan agricultural company trading on both the Nairobi and London Stock Exchange engaging […]
(Alliance News) – The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News: ———- Kakuzi PLC – plantation operator in Kenya – Appoints Nicholas Nganga as chair, replacing Graham Mclean, who steps down to non-executive director. Nganga was chair of Kenyan telecommunications operator […]
Nicholas Nganga has been appointed chairman of the board of Kakuzi PLC with immediate effect. Nganga takes over from Graham Mclean who steps down from the role but will remain a non?executive director. Among his other roles, Nicholas Nganga was chairman of Safaricom, Kenya’s leading telco, from 2007 until 2020, and is current chairman of […]
Agricultural firm Kakuzi #ticker:KUKZ and one of its unnamed affiliates have so far spent a total of £4.8 million (Sh675 million) on legal costs after being accused of human rights violations. The two companies, which are controlled by Kent-based multinational Camellia Plc, have been sued in the UK by law firm Leigh Day on allegations […]
The fallout from human rights abuse claims against Kakuzi #ticker:KUKZ escalated this week after two more large European supermarket chains, Sainsbury’s and Lidl, suspended supplies by the Murang’a-based agricultural firm. UK’s Sainsbury’s and Germany’s discount grocer Lidl confirmed in emailed responses to the Business Daily that they had suspended any dealings with Kakuzi pending investigations […]
Kakuzi PLC Managing Director Chris Flowers. PHOTO | COURTESY The case against the company majority owned by UK based Camellia has been brought forward in the United Kingdom courts by 79 Kenyans represented by law firm Leigh Day. Among the allegations lodged in part by former Kakuzi employees, the company’s security guards have been abused […]
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