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COFEK reads the numbers differently. Carrefour's expansion has not happened in a competitive vacuum — it has happened in the wreckage of Nakumatt Holdings, Uchumi Supermarkets, Tuskys and Mulleys Supermarkets, four homegrown chains that collapsed under debt, mismanagement and, in some cases, outright plunder of supplier and shareholder funds.
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The victim was defrauded of a total of Sh275,500 between September 9 and 10, 2026, after being induced by false pretences to transfer funds from her M-PESA account to a DTB paybill (Paybill Number 516600, Account Number 5689225002).
a private joint venture between two entities: GK Investment Holding, founded and chaired by Tunisian-Italian businessman Kamel Ghribi, and Gruppo San Donato (GSD), Italy's largest private hospital operator. GK Investment Holding's origins have nothing to do with healthcare — it began as a commodity-trading and consultancy outfit dealing in oil, cotton, phosphates and coffee, before pivoting into healthcare infrastructure.
The mere fact that they are asking for money endlessly from the unsuspecting investors under the guise of making them millionaires is overtly ironical and deceitful. COFEK asks Kenyans to deal with the little-known organization, said to originate from the Philippines, with extreme discretion
Two Chinese contractors handling the project — China Road and Bridge Corporation/NSSF (Nairobi–Gilgil–Naivasha–Mau Summit) and Shandong Hi-Speed (Gilgil–Nakuru–Mau Summit)
The agency has shortlisted eight sites in Siaya County — Ugambe, Sirongo, Liunda, Manywanda, Osindo, Nyangoye, Dagamoyo and Kanyawayaga — all along the Lake Victoria shoreline, from which a “Proposed Site” and an “Alternate Site” are to be selected after further screening.
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