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Things fall apart for regional retailer Uchumi

Shoppers at an Uchumi Supermarket in Nairobi. PHOTO | FILE |

The month of June does not bode well for Uchumi, the regional retail supermarket chain.

In June 2006, Uchumi’s shares were suspended from the Nairobi Securities Exchange after the retail supermarket chain was unable to pay the debts it owed to its suppliers.

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