The High Court in Eldoret has ordered the National Land Commission (NLC) to pay the law firm of Prof Tom Ojienda and Associates Sh9.3 million accrued legal fees after failing to compensate the firm for its services.
Justice Robert Wananda ruled in favor of the senior counsel, also Kisumu Senator, after finding that the commission had failed to pay the money as directed.
The NLC will also pay the senator's law firm 14 percent interest accrued per year until the period when it completes paying the firm its dues. The court has further directed NLC to refund the law firm a sum of Sh468,700 being court fees that the firm incurred in obtaining the certificate of taxation.
Prof Ojienda, who is the Managing Partner in the law firm, claimed in his court papers that the commission had been served a court ruling directing it to pay his firm the said amount but ignored the same and made no attempt to settle the amount.
