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Uchumi supermarket cannot be saved

Uchumi has had a bad reputation over the years regarding the financial ability to sustain profitability.

Last year, it survived a court petition to wind up after several creditors held that it owed them close to Sh300 million. In January, it announced that it made a Sh2.8 billion post tax loss.

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