I wonder the recent spate of firings (or transfers) are to do with the tentacles the likes of kiereini have in EABL?
I think Diageo is trying to clean house with expats who have no connections to the power brokers like kiereini.

Let's ask a different question: Did Michael Joseph think that his transfer to Safaricom was a demotion?

@Mukiha people like joy riding at the success of others, I respect Jonathan of Uchumi..

Now this is what I'm talking about. Our business leaders (at least a significant percentage) don't like being challenged by Mr Market and they end up crumbling under such pressures. I've not seen any of the famed/renown business execs do something out of the ordinary!

I've been involved in many business recoveries to know that most underperforming businesses could have been helped if the leaders in place at the time were actually any good.



I respect Ciano as well. He is an extremely intelligent leader. However, I feel he gets too much credit for the Uchumi revival. True he's done very well, but the way he hogs the credit is just annoying. True leaders look outside the window to apportion credit for an organization's success, and look in the mirror to apportion responsibility. The rest look in the mirror to give credit and look outside the window to apportion responsibility!

I respect Ciano as well but his job in Uchumi is done and he needs to move and restructure another company eg Portland Cement or Access Kenya. His expertise is reviving and not growing. Ucumi has the worst customer experience, the shelves are horrible (stuff on the shelves might even fall on you). It's time for Uchumi to get an MD with marketing background if that place is to survive. Ask yourself, how did Ukwala, Naivas, Tuskeys etc find a foothold in Uchumi's territory?

I agree.. in fact I suspect that somewhere in Ghana, someone is bitching over the employment of a Kenyan to do the job that they think "any Ghanaiain" could have done.