Airline sues Kenya Civil Aviation Authority over Sh1.4 billion award

NAIROBI: Aviation industry regulator Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) is embroiled in a legal tussle with an airline operator over Sh1.4 billion award by the court for cancelling the airline’s operations certificate in 2003.

This is after African Commuter Services Ltd moved to court under a certificate of urgency, accusing KCAA of transferring its money to another account held by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure to allegedly not honour court orders. Through its lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi, the airline told High Court Judge Alfred Mabeya that it only managed to get Sh46 million from KCAA. “The judgement debtor (KCAA) has since moved its finances from its accounts to another account operated by the Ministry of Infrastructure with a view to defeat the order of the court and to solely subvert and defeat the course of justice,” Lawyer Ahmednasir told the court.