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The aviation regulator Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has been slapped with a compensation bill of Sh5.6 billion. 

One of the leading firms being owned by the controversial businessman Kamlesh Pattni having the Auditor General flag it as a high risk for the regulator.Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has been warned of “a high risk of liability before the cases are heard and determined” by the Auditor- General Edward Ouko.Mulolongo Brothers Association is seeking to be paid over a botched land deal. Another firm wants compensation for the provision of airport buses whose contract was canceled after President Uhuru Kenyatta said it was inflated.Mr Pattni, who owned the Diplomatic Duty Free / World Duty Free shops at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi and Moi International Airport in Mombasa is claiming Sh4 billion that was awarded by an arbitrator for which KAA has appealed.In addition, Mr Pattni is seeking Sh290 million relating to legal suits involving KAA and the Diplomatic Duty Free Ltd/World Duty Free.The authority terminated his contract to run the Duty-Free shops.Mr Ouko said in his latest audit of KAA books of accounts for the year to June 2016 that,“There is also an amount of Sh1,357,550,000 for a plaintiff claiming ownership of property LR No. 13512 in the name of Mulolongo Brothers Association.” “