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Inside beer distribution dispute threatening Diageo's exit plan

By Kamau Muthoni | 3h ago

EABL Managing Director & CEO Jane Karuku during the release of the 2025 half year results. [File, Standard]

A protracted legal war that began in 2016 between businessman Peter Burugu’s Bia Tosha Distributors Limited and Kenya’s leading brewer has evolved into one of the country’s longest-running commercial disputes.

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