Passengers at the Likoni Ferry Channel. Photo/benaloo.wordpress.com
The Count Government of Mombasa has appealed against a High Court judgment ordering it to pay the Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) Sh45 million as compensation for lost revenue from vehicles using its landing facilities.
In its court application, the county government argues that the judgment should be suspended so as to safeguard the public finances on behalf of the people of Mombasa.
“It is in the interest of justice that the suspension be granted so as not to affect the position of public funds,” the application reads in part.
However, KFS through its legal director Elijah Kitur has opposed the application saying that the appeal will not only deny it justice, but also deny the parastatal 30 per cent of revenue it generates from its facilities.
“The National Government funds 70 per cent of KFS recurrent expenditure and 100 per cent of its development budget,” said Kitur.
“The shortfall is financed through revenue collected from motorists and the facilities it develops,” he added, as quoted by the Nation.
The county government argued that it being a government, cannot fail to pay the amount, adding that it has already placed a notice of the appeal at the Court of Appeal and served it to KFS.