Portland Cement bets on $250m land deal to turn around fortunes

East Africa Portland Cement.

Workers load bags of cement at East Africa Portland Cement at Athi River factory. The firm is in dire need of capital injection. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

The board of the East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) has approved a Ksh25 billion ($250 million) recovery plan for the cash strapped cement maker, and are hoping to revive the company’s operations in three years.

The funds will be raised from the sale of non-core assets (land), the only revenue source, with financiers put off by the fact that Kenya Commercial Bank had attached a debenture to all the company’s assets in a demand for the repayment of an outstanding Ksh6 billion ($60 million) debt.