Bamburi Cement, linked to Kenyan tycoon Baloobhai Patel, receives new $193.7-million offer
Savannah Clinker has proposed purchasing all 362.9 million shares of Bamburi at Ksh70 ($0.54) per share.
Savannah Clinker has proposed purchasing all 362.9 million shares of Bamburi at Ksh70 ($0.54) per share.
Patel, a Kenyan multimillionaire and owner of a 4.12-percent stake in Bamburi Cement through his private investment company, Aksaya Investment.
Bamburi Cement, a prominent East African cement firm partly owned by Kenyan industrialist Baloobhai Patel, has settled 60 percent of its tax debt
Patel, a Kenyan multimillionaire with diverse investment interests, owns a 4.12-percent stake in Bamburi Cement.
In 2022, Patel acquired an additional 7.9 million shares worth $2.52 million in Bamburi Cement.
Patel also owns stakes in Carbacid, Absa Bank Kenya, Co-operative Bank and Safaricom.
The move comes after protracted legal battles over the insider purchase of a share in the company.