Sale of ARM Tanzania assets raises $19m surplus

ARM Cement.

ARM Cement plant in Tanga, Tanzania. The sale of ARM Cement’s assets in Tanzania raised funds that paid all the claims of creditors in that market and left a surplus of Ksh2.3 billion ($19.6 million) that was transferred to Kenya. PHOTO | FILE

The sale of ARM Cement’s assets in Tanzania raised funds that paid all the claims of creditors in that market and left a surplus of Ksh2.3 billion ($19.6 million) that was transferred to Kenya.

Locally, the funds were used in paying liabilities such as amounts owed to banks and investors in the firm’s commercial paper.