How death of supermarkets has ruined thousands of lives

Collapse of Nakumatt and other stores leaves in its wake huge losses for suppliers and lenders

All under one roof and in five minutes on a Tuesday marked by uncertain weather, creditors voted to dissolve what was once East Africa’s biggest supermarket.

Nothing could lift the gloom. Not even the elegiac Swahili gospel song asking God to “show His face” that was playing in the background during the voting process.