A section of businessmen have called upon President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto to intervene in a case in which a Mombasa court awarded a Tanzanian firm Sh1.9 billion compensation for spoilt goods.
According to the complainants, the decision to award the firm the amount was unfair and illogical.
This comes after the court ordered Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) to pay Modern Holdings from Tanzania Sh1.9 billion compensation for goods worth Sh60 million.
The firm filed a case against KPA for failing to clear the goods at the port of Mombasa in time, thereby making them to go bad.
Led by Irungu Mwangi, the businessmen said the amount was too much to be given as compensation for the loss suffered by the company.
They further accused the partners of colluding to defraud KPA.
“This is 32 times more than the sum of capital they had. It is actually fraud and the parties must have colluded," said Mwangi, as quoted by The Star.
Justices Martha Koome, GBM Kariuki and Sankale Kantai ordered KPA to pay Modern Holdings the money after the involved parties reached the agreement.
KPA, however, said it will suffer great damage if compelled to pay the money immediately.