Battle for control of duty-free shops at Nairobi’s JKIA back in court

JKIA, Nairobi

NAIROBI: The battle for the control of duty free shops at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has gone back to court.

After the High Court dismissed an earlier case filed by World Duty Free challenging the award of tender to Swiss firm Dufry International AG by the Kenya Airport Authority (KAA), a consumer lobby group, COFEK, has filed a new case claiming operations of the company in Kenya were suspicious and that the procurement process that resulted in the award of the tender was skewed to favour the firm.