Tea market leader and one of the oldest companies in the sector Kenya Tea Packers Ltd (Ketepa) risks paying millions of shillings in damages to a former rival over an alleged defamatory advertisement that was published in local dailies 21 years ago.
The case that has dragged in Mombasa courts since 1998 has picked up momentum again after Raufco Limited renewed its call for compensation of up to Sh73 million for loss of business after initially proposing Sh100 million.