Nairobi, May 10 -- WPP-Scangroup Plc minority shareholders, including former CEO Bharat Thakrar, are seeking the ouster of the entire board of the marketing and communications firm, citing a string of poor financial performance reports.

The minority shareholders, with a combined 13.59 percent stake, have written to the chairman of the firm, demanding a special general meeting to remove the current board and CEO.

The shareholders, in the letter dated May 8, 2026, are raising "serious concern at the continued deterioration" in the company's financial, commercial and strategic position since the ouster of Mr Thakrar on February 18, 2021.

They say the company has issued four consecutive profit warnings, accumulated billions of shillings in...