African Gas and Oil Company, the registered owner of 41.2 hectares in Miritini, Mombasa County, moved to court after the Government failed to pay over Sh519 million. Updated Wed, June 29th 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3An oil company has obtained orders stopping construction of the standard gauge railway over a compensation dispute. After hearing representations from the company, NLC awarded the firm Sh159 million for the land and Sh360 million for interruption of business. This is the latest compensation feud to rock the Sh327 billion railway project whose construction is expected to be completed by mid next year. Africa Oil claimed it had set out plans to develop the suit property for commercial purposes and invested heavily.

Source: Standard Digital June 28, 2016 20:48 UTC