This archive report was first published on 11 October 2019.
Published on October 11, 2019, a court in Kisumu County has allowed Kibos Sugar factory to introduce fresh evidence in an ongoing case against allegations of polluting the environment.
The evidence includes reports by the Kisumu County Assembly and the National Environment Management Authority (Nema), which gave the factory a clean bill of health following pollution claims.
Lawyers representing the miller had argued that the reports were not considered in the judgment delivered by the trial court.
Justice Asike Makhandia directed the miller to file the reports as an affidavit, stating that the Nema report is credible and believable.
The case, which involves Kibos Sugar and Allied Industries Limited, Kibos Power Limited, and Kibos Distillers Limited, was ordered to halt operations in July this year due to claims of polluting the environment.
The court had also ordered the companies to demolish structures they had put up in two parcels of land to restore the environment.
The appeal will be heard on October 29.
