The legal dispute concerns the proposed sale of 65 percent of shares held by the United Kingdom’s Diageo PLC in EABL to Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings, a transaction valued at about $2.3 billion...
By
Joseph Wangui
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
Chief Justice Martha Koome has been drawn into a fresh face-off over the growing number of court battles over the planned Sh340 billion sale of British multinational Diageo’s entire 65 percent stake in East African Breweries (EABL), as well as its holding in spirits maker UDV Kenya, to Japanese beverage firm Asahi Group Holdings.
The brewer said a series of proceedings filed in different High Court stations had created a risk of conflicting decisions by…
EABL has written to the Chief Justice seeking intervention over conflicting High Court orders surrounding the proposed Sh300…
The petition names Diageo Kenya Limited, Diageo Plc, EABL, Asahi Group Holdings, CMA and CAK as respondents. The Law Society of…
The fresh application by Bia Tosha comes barely a month after Justice Bahati Mwamuye dismissed a near-identical request on April…
Bia Tosha Distributors Limited has suffered a major setback after the court dismissed its second attempt to stop the sale of…
In 2000, Diageo — which was formed in 1997 following the merger of Guinness Plc and Grand Metropolitan — acquired majority…
