Profit alerts hit 12 as firms cite cost pain

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Listed logistics firm Express Kenya Limited has issued a profit warning for the year ending this month on slowed economic activities in the country which it says have significantly reduced demand for warehousing operations.

Coming just a day after another listed firm, Kakuzi Plc, issued a similar statement, the notice by Express Kenya brings to 12 the growing list of publicly traded companies that have issued earnings alerts to investors this year. A majority of them are citing a tough operating environment that includes the high cost of doing business.

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