Relief for Joho-linked firm as court stops state interference with business
Former Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho before a Senate committee in 2021. Court has blocked two ministers from stopping a KPA deal with a Joho-linked freight firm.
The court heard that CS Chelugui threatened to instruct the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) not to honour the agreement.
The High Court has temporarily blocked the government from interfering in a deal that allows a company linked to former Mombasa governor Hassan Joho to handle cargo destined for South Sudan.
Justice Alfred Mabeya issued an order restraining Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen and his Cooperatives and Micro and Small Enterprise Development counterpart Simon Chelugui from interfering with the existing arrangements between the government, Autoports Nairobi Freight Terminal Ltd and Compact Freight System.
