The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) is considering legal action against Chandarana Supermarkets Limited after summoned officials snubbed their date with the body on Friday.
Amidst the storm that followed the emergence of shocking emails sent by one of the company's marketing specialists to managers informing them of a decision to focus on white customers, the summoned managers missed the probe that was to begin at 10 am.
NCIC chair Francis Ole Kaparo revealed that they waited for the managers for more than two hours despite them having earlier indicated that they would avail themselves.
"The commission only wanted to know what exactly the message meant by the racial connotation.
"We shall, however, still review the said statement because it is obnoxious for any person in business to engage oneself in acts construed to be racist...Kenya is not the right place for that," he stated.
[caption caption="NCIC Chair Francis Ole Kaparo"]
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Kaparo expressed dissapointment that foreigners could discriminate against Kenyans in their own country.
He, however, asserted that the bosses would be given an opportunity to defend themselves before any decision was made.
Kenyans took to social media to call for a boycott of Chandarana Foodplus stores soon after the emails surfaced.
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, on the other hand, revoked licences for all Chandarana outlets operating within the city.
“We are delighted to inform you that our supermarket chain would like to give you free vouchers to winner/raffles/best performer/runners up candidate in upcoming events.
"As we are now focusing on white people to attract our supermarkets,” the email from one Rima Patel read in part.
[caption caption="A Chandarana Supermarket in Nairobi"]
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