A businessman has sued the County Government of Kisumu and Safaricom Limited for allegedly violating a lease in the branding of a monument. Events and Functions Limited Chief executive officer Bernard Omondi sued the county government and Safaricom for taking over and re-branding a monument on Jomo Kenyatta Highway when he had exclusive rights to manage, refurbish, and brand the monument. In the suit at the Kisumu High Court filed on July 9, the county government and Safaricom Limited are listed as the first and second defendants respectively. He said he has a valid lease contract with the first defendant (county) to manage and brand the monument for 10 years from May 30, 2014, to May 30, 2024. He claimed that the first defendant has breached the contract and unilaterally awarded a parallel contract to the second defendant without his consent, or authority.

Source: The Star July 19, 2020 18:56 UTC