BCL creditors face long wait to get payment
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Nigel Dixon-Warren PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
He explained during a press conference here on Tuesday that the High Court will decide on February 7 if the companies should be placed under final liquidation.
He stated that afterwards, the Master of the High Court will convene a meeting so that creditors can prove their claims against the three subsidiaries of the BCL Group so that they can issue instructions to the liquidator and receive payment against their claims at the end of the liquidation process.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...