Mr Bell said the company lost Sh847 million due to the delay between November 2016 and August 2017. Bureaucratic hurdlesThe company CEO said the delay due to bureaucratic hurdles placed by the county government had severe consequences on their proposed project that was to start operations in August 2017. Bella said despite the orders, the county delayed the entire process, occasioning the petitioner’s loss. He said the firm had lined up various investors and identified several customers and also negotiated a contract for the project works, but frustration made the investors to withdraw from the project. However, the county government, through its lawyer Tajbhai Murtaza, termed the request for damages vexatious, frivolous, misconceived and outright abuse of court process and ought to be struck out with costs.

Source: Standard Digital April 18, 2019 19:41 UTC