Tanzanian firm wins Sh927m award for 2007 post-poll loss

One of Tanzania’s largest consumer goods dealers, Modern Holdings East Africa (Masafi), has won a Sh927 million compensation for a consignment it lost during the 2007-2008 post-election violence in a landmark case that could open a floodgate of similar suits against the Kenyan government.

The High Court in Mombasa ordered the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) to pay Masafi the amount after it was found to have mishandled 21 containers of fruit juice and mineral water that consequently denied the importer any profits that was to accrue from sale of the products.