Kenyan Wall Street | by Ibrahim Abdi
UK retailer Tesco has suspended supplies from Kakuzi following a move by law firm Leigh Day to take legal action against UK firm Camellia whose subsidiary runs Kakuzi. Camellia owns 50.7% of Kakuzi.
Kakuzi has been accused of systemic human rights abuses in a new lawsuit. The lawsuit accuses Kakuzi guards of perpetrating the abuses since 2009.
“Any form of human rights abuse in our supply chain is unacceptable,” Tesco said. “We have been working closely with the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI)…
