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Environment Court has awarded Jamii Telecommunications Sh1 million after finding the county government guilty of destroying the Internet service provider s cables.
Justice Stephen Kibunja found that the county government had infringed on the company s constitutional right to fair administrative action.
The internet service provider on March 27, 2018, had moved to Court accusing the county of massive destruction of optic cables within Elgon View estates disconnecting its clients business in the estate.
Through the company’s regional manager Wilson Kipruto Setim, they claimed they had obtained the necessary permits and paid the requisite licence fees in 2018.
They further told the court that they had been granted a way-leave to lay fibre cable within Eldoret town along Elgon View and West Indies after paying sh324,803.
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Uasin Gishu to pay telco Sh1m for cables damage
Friday December 11 2020
By OTIATO GUGUYU
Summary
The county had allowed Jamii Telecom to lay underground cables but the company erected poles and built overhead infrastructure. But instead of the county serving them notice they arbitrarily pulled down the cables without following due process.
Uasin Gishu County has been ordered to pay Sh1 million to Jamii Telecom for destruction of its internet cables in Eldoret.
The telco accused the Jackson Mandago-led regional government of destroying optic cables within Elgon View next to Testimony School by excavation in the ground, cutting them into pieces and pulled down poles.