Uchumi stumbles through a maze in its quest to regain glory

Uchumi Supermarket, Embu branch. (Photo Courtesy)

Listed retailer Uchumi Supermarkets is quite literally a cat with nine lives. It has ducked darts, danced through barbs and almost closed shop four times but now lives to fight another tough round.

But for now shareholders of the troubled retail chain will have to hold onto the rails for longer as the management redrafts its strategy to make yet another attempt to turn around Kenya’s oldest retailer.