A judge has declined to issue summons to the Director of Competition Authority of Kenya and the Registrar of Trademarks to testify as expert witnesses before an arbitral tribunal which is handling a trademark dispute between two juice makers — Kevian Kenya Limited (KKL) and Squishy Drinks Limited (SL).
While dismissing an application filed by Squishy Drinks Ltd seeking to compel the expert witnesses to testify in the dispute, Justice Alfred Mabeya said the High Court has no authority to deal with arbitral matters.
