The old boys are on the spot.....
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In an annual general meeting held on Thursday in Nakuru, Eveready East Africa shareholders voted to retain former vice president Moody Awori as the chairman.
Mr Awori is 85 years old, well above the 75-year limit set by the regulator in guidelines released last week.
Terming the move a violation of the new rules, CMA chairman Kung’u Gatabaki told the Nation that he will raise the matter with the regulator’s decision making body for review and action.
“This sound very funny. I will personally make sure our administrative wing starts work on how the guidelines will be enforced,” Mr Gatabaki noted.
The new rules were set out to help strengthen corporate governance in listed companies following a scandal at car dealer CMC, where the majority of its aged directors pleaded ignorance of what was happening in the company.
“We will vet all requests by companies for extention of the tenure of any director beyond 72 years very keenly. In most cases at this age, directors can hardly understand or follow the ratios being presented by the managing directors,” Mr Gatabaki said a statement last week.
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