Mombasa Port ships garbage deal triggers court battle
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The prosecution of Geoffrey Otieno Okuto over the 2019 murder of an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) supporter in Kilifi County is hanging in the balance after it emerged that the defence is seeking a review of the charge.
The petitioner wants the court to quash the decision by the county government to revoke the association members’ garbage collection licences.
He also wants an order issued prohibiting the respondent from refusing to renew the solid waste collection licenses of the association members.
An official of the Kenya Ships Contractors Association has sued the county government of Mombasa over its decision to revoke its members’ garbage collection licences from inside ships that dock at the port of Mombasa.
Mr Bramwel Obore, who has filed a petition on his own behalf and that of the association, is seeking an order quashing the decision by the county government to revoke the association members’ garbage collection licences.
