Nakumatt Shujaa opens on Mashujaa Day

NAIROBI COUNTY: Regional retailer Nakumatt Holdings has Monday morning opened the doors to its 51st branch named Nakumatt Shujaa.

The opening of the Sh90Million Nakumatt Shujaa Supermarket coincided with the 20th October Mashujaa Day national celebrations.

The new outlet, located at the new Shujaa Mall, will be the second Nakumatt store within Nairobi’s Eastlands Business District, alongside Nakumatt Embakasi.

Speaking at the opening, Nakumatt Holdings Managing Director Atul Shah, disclosed that the new store will cover a 20,000 square feet shopping floor space.

The new Nakumatt Shujaa, is set on two levels connected with a spacious lift and will also feature an in store bakery and FoneXpress store among other retail amenities.

To celebrate the opening and the Mashujaa day festivities, Nakumatt Shujaa customers, Shah said will also enjoy attractive opening offers for a variety of products throughout the first week.

The opening of the new store, Shah acknowledged is aimed at meeting the retail needs of its smart shoppers residing around Donholm and its environs as part of the retailers commitment to boost formal retail penetration across East Africa.

“At Nakumatt, we are very excited to be registering our presence in the Donholm/Komarock/Kayole area,” Shah said. “By opening our second store around Eastlands, we are also keeping our standing promise to expand our network presence to meet growing customer demands,” He added.

Shah also said that the store will also be recruiting more than 100 new employees further pushing the retailer’s staff count to more than 7300 staffers across the East Africa region.

The fully fledged Nakumatt Shujaa store will also feature a selection of Electronics, Hardware, Toys and clothing sections all under one roof to complement its location.

Nakumatt plans to open of its 52nd branch in Bamburi, Mombasa County in the near future.

Across the region, Nakumatt h currently operates 8 branches in Uganda, 4 in Tanzania and 2 in Rwanda alongside its 37 Kenya stores.