Uchumi seeks CEO, meets suppliers over debt

Uchumi Supermarkets has appointed consultancy firm Deloitte to headhunt a new chief executive officer less than a week after the board of directors sacked Mr Jonathan Ciano alongside chief finance officer Chadwick Omondi Okumu.

The two were dismissed for “gross misconduct and negligence”, which allegedly led to poor performance of several Uchumi outlets and delayed payments to suppliers, some of whom stopped making deliveries.