Chase Bank owners fault CBK’s plan to sell stake

Chase Bank in Nairobi. The bank's shareholders are seeking to part of ongoing negotiations to sell some of the lender's shares. PHOTO | FILE

Troubled Chase Bank shareholders have written a protest letter to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) asking to be part of ongoing negotiations to sell some of the bank’s shares to a deep-pocketed investor.

The 48 shareholders, including foreign investors who control 20.9 per cent of Chase Bank, are through their lawyer, seeking access to a due diligence report prepared by KPMG and a Deloitte forensic audit report in order to determine the capital adequacy position of the troubled financier.