The High Court in Kisii has given out an order to stop a petrol filling station from being operational until a case challenging the construction of the station in the area is heard and determined.
The petrol filling station, situated at Corner-T, along the Kisii-Nyamira highway has been sued by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) through their lawyer Erastus Gitonga, and the county government of Nyamira, through their lawyer Steve Mogaka, who want the petrol station removed from the area on grounds that it is built in a water source.
Kisii High Court Judge Samson Okong’o directed the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and the Geric Kenya limited Company ensure that the directive to close down operations is followed to the latter.
“I direct that the respondent, who is Geric Kenya Limited, to close business until the case is determined on the July 30,” said the judge.
There has been unrest among various stakeholders in the county of Nyamira over the construction of the filling station in the area that is said to be a water source, which directly goes against the National Environment Management Authority rules.
Judge Okong’o also said that the last directive on the case shall be given on July 30, this year.