THE STANDARD By
Kamau Muthoni |
March 12th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Mombasa businessman Tahir Sheikh Said alias TSS. [Maarufu Mohammed, Standard]
The Court of Appeal has lifted orders barring the National Bank of Kenya (NBK) from selling the property of late Mombasa tycoon Tahir Sheikh Said (TSS) over a Sh4 billion loan.
Justices William Ouko, Gatembu Kairu and Kathurima M’Inoti overturned Environment and Lands Court’s orders, saying that although Justice James Olola sympathised with the fact that TSS had just died when the bank issued its notice, the law was tilted in favour of the lender.
TSS owned a majority stake in Juja Coffee Exporters, which had borrowed Sh2.9 billion from NBK and used a parcel of land in Mombasa as security. The property was registered under another firm owned by the businessman, Lamu Ginners Company.
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Community fails to stop conservancy expansion
Thursday March 11 2021
Summary
The High Court has struck out a petition filed by a pastoral community in Ijara Garissa county challenging government’s plan to expand an animal conservancy that hosts the endangered Hirola antelope and white giraffe.
Justice James Makau ruled that the court has no authourity to address the issues raised by two community representatives Abdulahi Ali and Adbikadir Shurie in their opposition to the project.
The High Court has struck out a petition filed by a pastoral community in Ijara Garissa county challenging government’s plan to expand an animal conservancy that hosts the endangered Hirola antelope and white giraffe.
THE STANDARD
NAIROBI
The main gate of Weston Hotel along Lang ata road, on February 26, 2021. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard].
Deputy President William Ruto has lost the first round of a court battle filed by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) on the land where his Weston Hotel stands.
In June last year, Weston urged Justice Benard Eboso to dismiss KCAA’s case arguing that the Environment and Lands Court had no powers to hear it.
The hotel said KCAA had defied National Lands Commission’s (NLC) orders to conclude negotiations on the land after which Dr Ruto would compensate it. Weston argued that the only way the agency would approach the court was through an appeal and not a fresh case.
Through lawyer Kipkoech Terer, the members want Justice John Mutungi to issue fresh eviction orders against members and trustees of the Njoro Golf Club Squatters’ Self-help Group.
In the application filed on Wednesday, the association urged the court to order that the eviction decree be effected by auctioneers, with the assistance of the Njoro Sub-County police commander who should give the Rift Valley regional commander a seven-day notice.
In the alternative, the members want the court to issue a notice stating why eviction orders should not be issued against the trustees of the squatters’ group. They also want the squatters to shoulder the costs of the application.