Nakumatt MD Atul Shah. The supermarket has closed its Nanyuki branch. [PHOTO/nation.co.ke]
Nakumatt has closed its Nanyuki branch.
The Tuesday closure is said to have been occasioned by non-payment of rent.
According to a notice pinned at the entrance of the supermarket, the closure is temporary.
A worker said that the rent arrears have run into tens of millions and that a number of workers have been resigning due to non-payment of salaries.
“Most of my colleagues resigned after the working hours were reduced from 13 to 10 resulting to a 25 percent salary reduction," confided the staff member quoted by Nation.
“However, the remaining workers have continued to report to work since the closure was not initiated by the employer but by the landlord. We shall continue reporting to work every morning until our employer tell us otherwise,” he added.
The closure comes in the wake of continued troubles that have forced to retailers to close several other branches across the country.