The High Court in Eldoret has ordered the National Land Commission (NLC) to pay the Tom Ojienda and Associates law firm Ksh.9.3 million accrued legal fees after failing to compensate the firm for its services.
Justice Robert Wananda ruled in favour of the Kisumu Senator after finding that the commission had failed to pay the money as directed.
The NLC will also pay the senator’s law firm 14 percent interest accrued per year until the period when it will complete paying the firm its dues.
The court further directed NLC to refund the law firm a sum of Ksh.468,700 being court fee that the firm incurred in obtaining the certificate of taxation.
Ojienda, who is the Managing Partner in the law firm claimed in his court papers that the commission had been served a court ruling directing it to pay his firm the said amount but ignored the same and made no attempt to settle the amount.
He said that NLC had filed an appeal seeking to set aside the High Court’s decision but the appeal was struck out and the High Court’s orders upheld.
The senior counsel further stated that his firm extracted the Certificate of Taxation dated December 27, 2024 and had to pay a fee of Ksh.468,700.
Justice Wananda noted in his ruling that NLC failed to file its response or submissions to the application despite being given time by the court to do so.
He added the commission did not deny having received the certificate of costs.
Justice Wananda held that the court had no option but to enter judgment since the certificate of taxation that was tabled by the law firm was neither set aside nor altered by any court.
