Summary
- Court records show that 20 companies have joined the case filed by Githunguri Dairy Farmers Co-operative Society bringing the total claims filed against Uchumi so far to Sh865 million.
- Githunguri Dairy moved to court last month seeking to wind up Uchumi over its failure to settle a Sh44.8 million debt.
Claims filed against the struggling Uchumi Supermarkets in the ongoing winding up petition are approaching the Sh900 million mark after 14 more companies joined the petition.
Court
records show that 20 companies have joined the case filed by Githunguri
Dairy Farmers Co-operative Society bringing the total claims filed
against Uchumi so far to Sh865 million.
Githunguri Dairy moved to court last month seeking to wind up Uchumi over its failure to settle a Sh44.8 million debt.
“Take notice that New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC), a
creditor for Sh89,074,834 together with interest thereon intends to
appear on the hearing of the petition … and to support such petition,”
reads one of the filings in court.
The 14 creditors who have joined the petition are owed Sh394 million in total.
They
include Colgate Palmolive which is owed Sh45.5 million, L’Oreal East
Africa (Sh9.6 million), Manji Food Industries (Sh18.6 million), Leading
Locks Limited (Sh12.8 million), Insyc Solutions (Sh8.4 million), and
Connect IT Limited (Sh1.4 million).
Others are Taroni
Holdings Limited (Sh45.1 million), Securitas Limited (Sh39.9 million),
Honey care Limited (Sh2.8 million, Euromart Limited (Sh67.5 million),
and Kapa Oil Refineries Limited which is owed Sh15.3 million.
The
latest court filing discloses that the company owes Sh38 million to the
Kenya National Trading corporation, the retail chain’s head office
landlord.
Before the 14 new filings, already eight firms which are owed Sh471 million were participating in the suit.
The
firms are Chandaria Industries Limited owed Sh68.7 million, Board of
Trustees of Uchumi Supermarkets Limited staff provident fund (Sh122.7
million), Equatorial Nut processors Limited (Sh21.3 million),
Professional Marketing services Limited (Sh4 million) and Interconsumer
Products Limited owed Sh38.2 million.
UBA Bank which is
owed Sh172 million by Uchumi is already in the suit seeking to dispose
of Uchumi’s land situated on Langata Road to recover the debt.
Separately,
Tropical household goods company Tropikal Brands Afrika have also sued
Uchumi Supermarkets for Sh35 million in unpaid supplies.
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