Employees and suppliers of SOFOKI, a banana beer factory located in Rwamagana district on Monday stormed the company's offices in protest over delayed payment. At least seven suppliers and 15 workers besieged the factory's headquarters in Muyumbu sector demanding to be paid immediately.
SOFOKI buys banana juice from people in the neighbouring villages which is processed and bottled as beer. Suppliers told The New Times they supplied bottle caps, empty bottles, uniforms for workers and office materials among others but the have not received their payment for months.
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