Nakumatt’s 4,500 employees win 12pc salary raise

Nakumatt Holdings managing director Atul Shah (left) and Kenya Union of Commercial, Food and Allied Workers secretary-general Boniface Kavuvi sign a collective bargain agreement for the supermarkets’ workers. PHOTO | CORRESPONDENT

Nakumatt Supermarkets has signed a 12 per cent salary increase for its 4,500 unionisable staff in a deal that is set to significantly raise its wage bill.

The workers are also set to earn higher housing, transport and night-shift allowances and additional leave days as per the two-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA) signed with the Kenya Union of Commercial, Food and Allied Workers (Kucfaw) backdated to May.

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