founded 1990 headquarters nairobi kenya key people daniel githua 1 2 products supermarkets subsidiaries in kenya and uganda website www.tuskys.com tuskys is a kenyan supermarket chain . contents 1 location 2 overview 3 ownership 4 other considerations 5 see also 6 references 7 external links location edit the head office of tuskys is located at the gami properties complex along mombasa road in nairobi the capital of kenya the largest economy in the east african community . the coordinates of the home office are 1 20 05.0 s 36 53 38.0 e latitude 1.334722 ; longitude 36.893889 . 3 overview edit as of june 2015 tuskys owns and operates nearly fifty supermarkets in kenya 4 and uganda . tuskys is the second largest supermarket chain in the great lakes region behind nakumatt . tuskys employs more than 6 000 people in kenya . 5 ownership edit tuskys is a wholly kenyan privately held company owned by seven children of joram kamau the founder of the business who died in 2002 . the table below summarizes the shareholding within the company as of august 2014 . 6 tuskys stock ownership rank name of owner percentage ownership 1 john kago 10.0 2 samuel kamau 17.5 3 stephen mukuha 14.5 4 yusuf mugweru 17.5 5 george gachwe 10.5 6 founder s daughter i 10.0 7 founder s daughter ii 10.0 total 100.00 other considerations edit beginning in april 2013 tuskys entered into a private deal with ukwala supermarkets a rival chain whereby tuskys would buy six ukwala stores in the nairobi area . to arrive at a fair price tuskys took over the management of two of the stores to assess traffic and commercial flow at those locations . the two chains did not consult the competition authority of kenya cak as required by law . when cak learned of the transaction the regulator stopped the deal and fined the two chains a total of kes 5.3 million about us 62 000 . cak ordered the management arrangements to be reversed . 7 when the supermarket chains did not move fast enough cak closed the two stores in question . 8 see also edit naivas uchumi supermarkets economy of kenya references edit gachiri john 5 may 2015 . tuskys hires new ceo in readiness for going public . business daily africa . nairobi . retrieved 5 may 2015 . mutegi mugambi 20 april 2016 . tuskys recalls ceo after two months suspension . business daily africa . nairobi . retrieved 20 april 2016 . google . location of tuskys headquarters at google maps . google maps . retrieved 11 august 2014 . tml . the supermarket locations of tuskys . tusker mattresses limited tml . retrieved 11 august 2014 . okulo lola 24 february 2014 . tuskys locks horns with its workers again . the star nairobi . retrieved 11 august 2014 . mutegi mugambi 11 august 2014 . tuskys md replaced after failed ukwala takeover . business africa daily nairobi . retrieved 11 august 2014 . mutegi mugambi 3 june 2014 . why regulator stopped tuskys bid to acquire rival ukwala . business daily africa nairobi . retrieved 11 august 2014 . mutegi mugambi 4 august 2014 . tuskys shops shut as regulator stops takeover of ukwala stores . business daily africa nairobi . retrieved 11 august 2014 . external links edit trouble in the empire an inside look at tuskys supermarkets family drama coordinates 01 20 05 s 36 53 38 e 1.33472 s 36.89389 e 1.33472 ; 36.89389 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tuskys & oldid 743035143 categories supermarkets of kenyaretail companies established in 19901990 establishments in kenyanairobihidden categories engvarb from august 2014use dmy dates from august 2014pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 11 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view