Bamburi, the local unit of Lafarge, slid 3.6% to KES190 (US$2.28), the biggest drop since 6 January, by the 15h close-of-trading in Nairobi. Athi, the country’s third-largest cement maker, declined 0.6% to KES182.
Wholesale prices for a 50kg bag of cement dropped 9.1% in December, the Nairobi-based Business Daily newspaper reported. Further price declines may reduce cement companies’ profits, the paper said, citing Kephar Tande, CEO of East African Portland Cement Co, and Pradeep Paunrana, Athi River Mining’s managing director.
