Naivas defends huge expansion appetite, says it's well planned

Worker sorting vegetables at Naivas Supermarket, Embakasi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

In under two years, Naivas Supermarket has risen to become Kenya's largest retailer in terms of floor space. 

It has about 85 branches, a feat that retail kings Tuskys and Nakumatt never achieved - both failed at about 65 branches.