A senior manager at Nakumatt chain of supermarkets was charged with the murder of an employee at its Mombasa road outlet.
Steve Kairo Abdul, a transport manager at Nakumatt, was accused of shooting Stephen Wafula in November 2015.
The court heard that the accused and the deceased had an altercation that resulted in Mr Abdul shooting Wafula at the company's head office.
Appearing before Justice Jessie Lessit, the defendant denied the charge and the court ordered a probation on him.
The report will be brought to court on July 27.
Nakumatt has been facing numerous challenges in the recent past, with some of its branches shutting down and employees not getting their salaries on time.
Last week, the supermarket's boss Atul Shah came out to apologise to the retailer’s employees, creditors, suppliers, shoppers and Kenyans as a whole for the sorry state of affairs at the supermarket.
“We have learnt a painful, humbling lesson. We shall emerge stronger, firmly focused on placing Nakumatt high on the continental and global retail map,” Mr Atul wrote to Weekend Business.
Mr Shah said he has not enjoyed sleep, meals or time with his immediate family in a long time and will only rest when the retailer is out of the woods.
“I am the ship captain and will do all that is within my capacity to deliver this vessel safely to the port. We have a wonderful team from KPMG among other advisors who are taking us through the paces and I have no doubt we shall get to the Promised Land,” he said.
