Kakuzi commissions champions to oversee sexual harassment awareness

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 […]

Kakuzi hires Githu Muigai to lead its human rights drive

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

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 […]

UK’s Tesco keeps ban on Kakuzi avocados

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

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 […]

Kenya: Kakuzi Names Former AG Githu Muigai to Chair Newly Formed Independent Human Rights Advisory Committee

Kenya: Kakuzi Names Former AG Githu Muigai to Chair Newly Formed Independent Human Rights Advisory Committee

Nairobi — Former Attorney General Githu Muigai has been appointed as the chairperson of the newly formed Independent Human Rights Advisory Committee (IHRAC) at agri-business firm Kakuzi. In a statement, Kakuzi Managing Director Chris Flowers said the committee will be required to provide independent technical advisory to the firm’s Board of Directors. He said such […]