A lawyer dismissed as illegal the between two State agencies allowing port services to be moved from Mombasa to Nairobi. Senior Counsel Plieroze Nowrojee yesterday told a five judge bench that neither the Kenya Ports Authority nor the Kenya Railways Corporation had the mandate to sign such agreement.
Mr Nowrojee said that transporting the containers from Mombasa port to the Embakasi Container Freight Station (CPS) would lead to job losses for coastal residents.
How will Mombasa youths access employment if port jobs are moved to Embakasi? Taking jobs away with impunity violates the youths’ rights to employment as enshrined in the Constitution”he said.
Nowrojee is representing William ramongi, Asha Omar and Gerald Kiti who are seeking orders to compel the ministry of transport to hand over managment to Mombasa County.
But lawyers Cecil Miller and Nguguyn Wachira opposed the petition, arguing that the court had no jurisdiction to hear the matter because the State had means of settling such disputes. The judges are expected to rule this Friday on whether to strike out the petition or allow it.
