NSE market watch board during the ringing of the bell ceremony in Nairobi on September 4, 2019. Last month was a mixed bag for investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). After enduring months of lacklustre performance in 2020 due to the pandemic, 2021 saw several key sectors show robust growth projections, especially after news […]
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Kakuzi Plc: AGM 2021
Kakuzi Plc will hold its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 18th May 2021 via electronic means.
Kakuzi Plc: Ex-Dividend Date 2022
Kakuzi Plc shareholders in Company’s Register of Members on 31st May 2022 Close of Business will be eligible for a dividend payment of KES 22.0 per share. The Dividend will be paid out on 30th June 2022.Dividend AmountKES 22Dividend TypeCash DividendEx-Dividend / Book Closure31st May 2022Payment Date30th June 2022
Kakuzi incurs Sh137m legal fees in rights row
Agricultural firm Kakuzi spent Sh137.4 million on lawyers in the year ended December to defend itself against charges that its employees carried out human rights abuses including rape and violence. The expense is disclosed in the company’s latest annual report. The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firm, alongside its parent company Camellia Plc, was sued in the […]
IN BRIEF: Kakuzi ups payout despite hurt profit on legal proceedings
Kakuzi PLC – plantation operator in Kenya – Posts pretax profit in 2020, in Kenyan shillings, of KES847.5 million, around GBP5.6 million, down 16% from KES1.01 billion a year prior. Sales increase by 25% to KES3.61 billion from KES2.89 billion. Says these results include the cost of the company defending itself from UK law firm […]
Kakuzi troubles smoke out reclusive Kenyan billionaire shareholder
Dr John Kibunga Kimani Non-Executive Director Kakuzi Plc. Until recently, only a select few could put a face to the name of billionaire investor John Kibunga Kimani. But when human rights abuse allegations rocked Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed Kakuzi, where he is the second-largest shareholder with a 32.2 per cent stake, curiosity about the man behind […]
UK Stores Suspend Deal With Kenya Avocado Firm Over Rights Abuses
A majority shareholder in a Kenyan company Kakuzi, has agreed to part with over U.S.$10 million as part of an out-of-court deal with 85 human rights abuse victims that sued it in the UK. UK companies Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Lidl subsequently suspended the purchase of avocados from Kakuzi. The three retailers have now said that […]
Tycoon-linked firm ordered to finalise Sh205m land sale
High Court has ordered a company associated with billionaire investor John Kibunga Kimani to complete sale of its land in Murang’a to a cotton manufacturing company. Justice Grace Kemei ordered Rural Development Services Limited to complete the agreement for sale of the land, located within Makuyu measuring 126 acres, to African Cotton Industries Limited. In […]
Kakuzi troubles smoke out reclusive Kenyan billionaire shareholder
Dr John Kibunga Kimani Non-Executive Director Kakuzi Plc. Until recently, only a select few could put a face to the name of billionaire investor John Kibunga Kimani. But when human rights abuse allegations rocked Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed Kakuzi, where he is the second-largest shareholder with a 32.2 per cent stake, curiosity about the man behind […]
Kakuzi troubles smoke out reclusive Kenyan billionaire shareholder
Dr John Kibunga Kimani Non-Executive Director Kakuzi Plc. Until recently, only a select few could put a face to the name of billionaire investor John Kibunga Kimani. But when human rights abuse allegations rocked Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed Kakuzi, where he is the second-largest shareholder with a 32.2 per cent stake, curiosity about the man behind […]