{"id":11425,"date":"2020-07-19T18:26:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T18:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=11425"},"modified":"2020-07-19T18:26:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T18:26:01","slug":"only-god-can-save-us-says-tuskys-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/only-god-can-save-us-says-tuskys-ceo","title":{"rendered":"Only God can save us, says Tuskys CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"standard-content \">\n<div class=\"content\"><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> After a month-long hibernation, Tuskys Chief Executive Dan Githua <strong>(pictured)<\/strong> has emerged with a spiritual proclamation.\u201cThe Lord will not allow Tuskys to die! Amen!\u201d he posted on Twitter.Mr Githua\u2019s absence from the social media platform, where he is usually very active, has been conspicuous as the retailer\u2019s woes accelerate<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\nTuskys recorded a 35 per cent drop in sales for April and May, court papers show. This is amid a monthly Sh200 million wage bill that it is unable to sustain any longer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">Some retail industry watchers say Tuskys has the weakest financial position among Kenya\u2019s large supermarket chains, evident in its struggle to pay suppliers, stock-outs, fallen foot traffic and branch closures.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">Githua\u2019s biggest headache at the moment is that the retailer is staring at paying unionised workers their withheld salaries should both parties fail to reach a deal in ongoing negotiations.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">Over a week ago, the Labour court forced Tuskys into negotiations with staff on planned pay cuts.This was after workers under the Kenya Union of Food Commercial and Allied Workers (KUFCAW) protested the manner of the trimming effected in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">\n<p>Tuskys has also been restrained from effecting any further wage or salary reduction for its unionised employees prior to amicable consultations.KUFCAW Secretary General Bonface Kavuvi told Weekend Business that Tuskys was yet to obey the court order.\u201cNot yet, they promised to pay for April before end of this month, non- committal on May and June. We\u2019ll follow up on them during our Monday meeting,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\"><strong>Famed bakery<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">Githua, who proved difficult to reach for an interview, was in his proclamation replying to a \u201cfaithful Tuskys shopper\u201d who had posted a prayer to God that in the event of Tuskys\u2019 \u201cdeath\u201d He save their white bread<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n\u201cLord, if you allow Tuskys to die, please save their white bread,\u201d the shopper tweeted.Tuskys, which has over 60 branches across East Africa, has become famed for its bakery and food delis.Uchumi, a fallen retail giant harking at a comeback, was also famed for its bakery and eatery, especially at the Aga Khan branch. The bakery still remains open in contrast to empty shelves at the expansive store.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">Githua is a devoted Twitter user where he goes by \u201cDigital Retailer\u201d or \u201canko wa Tuskys\u201d and sometimes acts as the supermarket chain\u2019s last line of defence from online critics.<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">And on the day of his comeback he seemed fired up on the retail chain\u2019s staying power, retweeting another user who said: \u201cKenyans, let\u2019s not be so negative wishing failure on businesses like Tuskys that employ our fellow countrymen.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">Tuskys will survive this and continue offering Kenyans and East Africa the best in quality and quantity at friendly costs.\u201dThe court order by Judge Byram Ongaya also highlighted the supermarket\u2019s plight especially in trying to tame its recurrent expenditure.Tuskys Human Resources General Manager Francis Kimani said the retail chain has employed over 6,000 workers with a Sh200 million monthly wage bill.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">He blamed the hard economic times and the Covid-19 pandemic that has only worsened matters.\u201cDropped sales and projected poor performance has rendered the respondent\u2019s wage bill untenable and unless the respondent takes urgent remedial measures it will find itself staring at an economic crisis right in the face,\u201d said Kimani.\u201cSustainability measures are in the best interest of both the respondents and employees.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">If the measures are not implemented, more branches will close and more workers rendered redundant.\u201dSo far, Tuskys has closed four branches including Digo Road (Mombasa), Kitale Mega and Tom Mboya (Nairobi) and Mtwapa Chap Chap (Kilifi).At least 80 workers from these branches have lost their jobs and the retailer is set to let go of more as it conducts its restricting process.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">Tuskys\u2019 present position is ironical seeing that it had once promised to bail out Nakumatt and Ukwala supermarkets. Both later collapsed.Tuskys had pledged to guarantee as much as Sh3 billion of debt and inject Sh650 million short-term capital into Nakumatt to aid its recovery plans.This was after entering into an agreement in 2013 seeking to acquire three branches of Ukwala Supermarkets.?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">In both cases, Tuskys fell afoul of anti-trust laws. In 2014, the retailer and Ukwala were fined Sh5.3 million for engaging in anti-competitive practices.Management wrangles have been largely blamed for Tuskys\u2019 woes.This is, among others, internal fraud, according to insiders, and aggressive debt-fuelled expansion over the past decade.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: After a month-long hibernation, Tuskys Chief Executive Dan Githua (pictured) has emerged with a spiritual proclamation.\u201cThe Lord will not allow Tuskys to die! Amen!\u201d he posted on Twitter.Mr Githua\u2019s absence from the social media platform, where he is usually very active, has been conspicuous as the retailer\u2019s woes accelerate Tuskys recorded a 35 per [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":11422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8],"tags":[4737,4736],"class_list":["post-11425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","tag-tuskys","tag-tuskys-ceo-dan-githua"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Only God can save us, says Tuskys CEO - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After a month-long hibernation, Tuskys Chief Executive Dan Githua (pictured) has emerged with a spiritual proclamation.\u201cThe Lord will not allow Tuskys to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/only-god-can-save-us-says-tuskys-ceo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Only God can save us, says Tuskys CEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After a month-long hibernation, Tuskys Chief Executive Dan Githua (pictured) has emerged with a spiritual proclamation.\u201cThe Lord will not allow Tuskys to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/only-god-can-save-us-says-tuskys-ceo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-19T18:26:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/githua_the_lord_wil5f13421794e20.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"354\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/only-god-can-save-us-says-tuskys-ceo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/only-god-can-save-us-says-tuskys-ceo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Only God can save us, says Tuskys CEO\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-19T18:26:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/only-god-can-save-us-says-tuskys-ceo\"},\"wordCount\":749,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/only-god-can-save-us-says-tuskys-ceo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/githua_the_lord_wil5f13421794e20.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Tuskys\",\"Tuskys CEO Dan Githua\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/only-god-can-save-us-says-tuskys-ceo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/only-god-can-save-us-says-tuskys-ceo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/only-god-can-save-us-says-tuskys-ceo\",\"name\":\"Only God can save us, says Tuskys CEO - 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