Uchumi Supermarket could be closing business at their main Garden City Branch in Kampala, followinfollowing g a raid by court bailiffs, for nonpayment of debts.
A number of suppliers claim that the company has failed to pay for their products for months . The Supermarket in August, was dragged before the Commercial Court for nonpayment of over 185 million shillings for dressed chicken supplied to its various branches in Kampala, by Uga Chick poultry breeders.
According to Uga Chick executive director AgaSekalala , the chicken was supplied between March and July this year on a credit understanding but the supermarket refused to pay for it thus occasioning loss to his business.
Having failed to make any response in regard to the case,or make efforts to clear up the debt,Court Court bailiffs were this afternoon unleashed at the Garden City branch. These are said to have
ransacked the shelves and grabbed piles of merchandise . Eyewitnesses say the bailiffs seized anything valuable from the store from which the said money could be recovered.
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