The owners of the Naivas supermarket chain have gone to the High Court seeking to restore Achievo Limited, an affiliated human resource outsourcing company struck off the Companies Register in May 2026.
The application is before Lady Justice Rhoda Rutto in the High Court Commercial and Tax Division in Nairobi under case number HCCOMMISC/E1022/2026.
Achievo Limited (company number CPR/2013/117634) was dissolved through Gazette Notice No. 8218, published on 29 May 2026. The applicants argue that leaving the company dissolved puts its bank accounts, property and ongoing business at risk of being treated as bona vacantia (property without a legal owner), which can pass to the state.
What the Court Is Being Asked to Do
According to reporting on the urgent application, the applicants want orders that would, as far as practicable, put Achievo and parties dealing with it back in the position they would have occupied if the dissolution had not happened.
They are seeking, among other reliefs:
- an order directing the Registrar of Companies to restore Achievo Limited to the Companies Register;
- suspension of the effects of the May 2026 dissolution pending hearing and determination of the case;
- a window of about 60 days after restoration (or such other period as the court may set) for Achievo to file outstanding annual returns and regularise its records;
- validation of contracts, payments, statutory remittances, business transactions and legal proceedings involving Achievo between dissolution and any restoration;
- certification of the matter as urgent, with interim directions while the case proceeds.
Capital FM and The Eastleigh Voice reported the filing on 24 September 2026. Neither report states that the court has already granted restoration. The matter remains an application before Justice Rutto.
Why Dissolution Matters Commercially
Once a company is struck off and dissolved, it generally loses legal capacity to hold assets or trade in its own name in the normal way. That is why the applicants stress bank accounts, property and day-to-day operations.
Bona vacantia is the risk they flag: assets that appear ownerless can fall to the state. Restoring a company to the register, if granted, is designed to reverse that legal vacuum for the company and for counterparties who contracted with it while it was off the register.
The application also seeks to protect third parties who may have paid salaries, remitted statutory deductions or signed contracts with Achievo during the dissolved period, by asking the court to treat those steps as valid if restoration is ordered.
Company and Case Snapshot
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| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Company | Achievo Limited |
| Company number | CPR/2013/117634 |
| Business | HR outsourcing firm affiliated with Naivas |
| Dissolution gazetted | Gazette Notice No. 8218, 29 May 2026 |
| Court | High Court Commercial and Tax Division, Nairobi |
| Case number | HCCOMMISC/E1022/2026 |
| Judge | Lady Justice Rhoda Rutto |
| Applicants (as reported) | Owners of the Naivas supermarket chain |
| Main relief sought | Restoration to the Companies Register and related interim protections |
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What Is Not Yet Known
Public reports so far do not detail:
- the full list of named individual applicants or their shareholding structure in Achievo;
- the Registrar’s formal response to the application;
- whether interim orders have already been granted;
- the full operational link between Achievo’s payroll outsourcing and Naivas store staffing beyond the “affiliated HR outsourcing” description.
Those points will become clearer if the court issues directions or if parties file further affidavits.
Separately, Kenya Law records show Achievo Limited has featured in other Commercial and Tax litigation (including tax-related proceedings earlier in 2026). That history is distinct from this restoration application and should not be read as the same case.
Why the Story Matters for Business
For retailers and outsourced-labour structures, a dissolved HR vehicle can freeze bank mandates, interrupt statutory remittances and cast doubt on contracts with employees or service providers. A restoration application is the usual court route when owners want the company revived and past acts cleaned up under court supervision.
For counterparties who dealt with Achievo after May 2026, the validation prayers matter as much as the restoration order itself. Until the court rules, the legal status of those dealings remains uncertain.
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Bottom Line
Naivas owners have filed an urgent High Court application to restore Achievo Limited after its May 2026 striking-off, seeking suspension of dissolution effects, a post-restoration returns window and validation of interim business acts. The case is HCCOMMISC/E1022/2026 before Justice Rhoda Rutto. Restoration has been requested, not yet reported as granted.
Sources:
Capital FM – Naivas owners move to court to restore HR outsourcing firm (24 September 2026);
The Eastleigh Voice – Naivas owners ask court to revive HR outsourcing firm struck off register (24 September 2026).
Court outcomes can change when further orders are issued.