Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi. [ photo/the-star.co.ke. ]
Congress Rental South Africa firm is now demanding Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) to pay it Sh15.8 million for freight charges for equipment that it had supplied to the facility for the 2015 WTO conference.
The Johannesburg-based firm asked the High court to order KICC to immediately pay the money to its joint interest earning account registered to lawyers representing the South African firm and the KICC.
The firm also told the court that the arbitrator Calvin Nyachoti had in September ordered KICC to pay the freight charges but had since ignored and not paying them any money nor even responding to the suit.
“Despite demand having been made, KICC has refused, neglected and/or otherwise failed to comply with any of the orders made by the arbitrator. To date, no order has been made by this honourable court setting aside or staying the enforcement of the said final award .” Congress Rental said in an affidavit filed before Nairobi law courts.
In her defense, KICC had said the it had told Mr Nyachotti that some of the equipments ordered had not been received by the time of the conference and thus it had renegotiated the price with the Congress rental down to Sh100 million.
It further argued that the Congress rental has exaggerated the freight prices.
The firm however held the ground firm saying that KICC had failed to pay the share of Arbitrator's fees and thus had been forced to foot the entire bill so as to acquire the copy of his final decision and award.