Parliamentary Trade Committee Demands Detailed Report From Kenya Breweries On Transport And Logistics Providers
Mark Occiti
By PSCU
The committee on Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives has instructed the management of Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) to provide a detailed breakdown of its logistics service providers.
This directive was issued by committee chairperson James Gakuya of Embakasi North constituency yesterday during a meeting with KBL Managing Director Mark Ocitti.
The meeting was convened to investigate allegations that KBL does not engage local firms for its logistics services.
Mr. Ocitti, in response, refuted the claims, stating that KBL has contracted four Kenyan-owned companies: Ponty Pride, DHL, Agility, and Acceler.
However, the committee members led by the chairperson expressed reservations about the actual ownership of the logistics firms.
“We want to be furnished with more details about the four logistics service providers. We need to know who owns them and the percentage of business each company was allocated,” said Gakuya.
The committee also requested information on warehousing and security service providers, which will be crucial for their final report.
On March 6, the committee met with officials from the Kenya Transporters Association (KTA) Limited. KTA Chairman Newton Wang’oo had requested the MPs’ intervention to resolve a dispute between local and international transport firms.
Mr. Wang’oo alleged that multinational companies prefer to work with other international firms, which he described as unfair business practices.
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