Workers at the Equator Bottlers Limited in Kisumu are anxious following claims the company might be shut down because of fraud and several labour-related cases. Equator Bottlers employs thousands either directly and indirectly. He acknowledged that the Equator Bottlers Limited was acquired by CCBA in 2017 and is now a subsidiary of the company. In 2017, former Equator Bottlers CEO Huguet said in an internal announcement that CCBA had reached a deal for a share purchase of the franchise. Equator Bottlers, established in 1966 as a franchise of Coca-Cola, bottles and distributes Coca-Cola’s range of soft drinks in seven counties in western Kenya.

Source: The Star April 28, 2019 21:00 UTC