Global shoe company Bata responds to responds on shutting operations in Kenya
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Bata shoe company denies claims it’s shutting operations in Kenya and and firing all employees
Bata shoe company denies claims it’s shutting operations in Kenya and and firing all employees.
Global shoe manufacturing company Bata Shoe Kenya has dismissed reports doing round across social media platforms that they have shut operations in Kenya and fired all employees.
In a statement shared, through its Managing Director Benson Okumu, the company asserted that they were still on business and were on a normal annual maintenance shutdown.
While refuting the claims, the shoe company assured its clients that all 150 stores were open countrywide.
“We are on a normal annual maintenance shutdown, normally provided for during off-peak season. We are a heritage business, strategic in operations for robust commercial output, thus seasonal breaks in production are within scope,” the statement reads in parts.
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“All our branches are open and functional with great teams to serve you and a wide variety of shoes in ample stocks to deliver for our promise – to provide quality footwear for all,” the statement added.
The response comes after a section of social media users had alleged that the company which launched its operations in 1939 was shutting its doors and had consequently sacked its employees.
Quarters had alleged that the family-owned business was shutting down due to the current taxation policies which have created a ‘bad atmosphere’ for investors.
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