Supermarket chain Khetia’s is the latest to join the group of those taking up former Nakumatt stores in Kenya. The new outlet opened in Bungoma earlier this month and it’s the retailer 13th outlet in the country.

Khetia’s Supermarket has opened its new store in Bungoma earlier this week. The new outlet, located in Bungoma Road, takes up the former space of struggling Kenyan retailer Nakumatt which shut down in October 2017.

Kethia’s Supermarket stores are exclusively located in Kenya’s western counties.

According to Trendtype’s Retail Database Tracker, this is Khetia’s Supermarket’s 13th store in Kenya and its fourth in the the city of Bungoma. Unlike bigger international and domestic retailers like Carrefour, Shoprite, Naivas or Tuskys, all of which have been on the run for old Nakumatt outlets in Nairobi and eastern Kenya, Khetia’s has been focused on the western counties of the country. These are the regions where Khetia’s is present having taken other Nakumatt stores earlier this year.

Currently, the new Khetia’s Bungoma adds to the retailer’s stores in Eldoret, Kisumo, Kitale, Busia, Trans Nzoia, and Mumias.

Khetia’s director Ashok Khetia was present in the opening of the new store and said that the retailer plans on adding to the expansion in the coming months should the business deliver on expectations. The Bungoma outlet represented an investment of Sh150 million ($1.48 million) and as already employed 90 Bungoma residents.