NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 28- Amana Capital Limited has declared that 41 percent of funds currently deposited at Kingdom Bank, Coop Bank and I&M Bank, Sh122million is now available for redemption from first week of December.
The firm through a statement said that this represents 68percent of the funds available to clients.
At the same time, the funds are invested in the above-mentioned institutions and will continue to earn interest that will be distributed monthly as usual if a client will not require the funds to be paid out.
The first tranche of redemptions were paid on 7th December 2020, 9th December 2020, 11th December 2020 and the 14th December.
Thereafter normal redemption timelines of 3-5 business days will resume.
The final tranche will be available for redemption as from the first week of January 2021.
At the same time, during the AGM on 25th September 2020 members approved the remaining 59percent in the Amana Shilling fund class B should be converted into a 30percent equity stake in ACL, which represents the Sh255mn funding gap.
“The objective is to provide the shareholders affected by the funding gap to recover their investment through a dividend policy from profits generated from management fees. The investor and management team are tasked to secure new funds under management over the next year to exceed Sh300million,” reads the firm statement.
Additionally, Amana Capital Limited has also appointed Reginald Kadzutu as its interim Chief Executive Officer.
The firm through a statement said that Kadzutu will be tasked with the complete turnaround of Amana Capital Limited to be done in 3 phases over the next 3 years.
Phase 1 which will last for 6 months, includes rebuilding the internal capacity of the organization to recruiting a skilled team setting up internal processes and procedures and completing the digitization process for efficiency in service delivery.
At the same time, the board has confirmed that Kadzutu will formally take up an Equity stake approved at the AGM ,and with the existing shareholders inject the much-needed working capital to support Phase 1 and actively within a reasonable time frame bring on board a strategic institutional investor that will help us fund and deliver phase 2 of the recovery, which begins after phase 1 is complete.
