Diageo is selling its 65 percent stake in EABL.
By
Joseph Wangui
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
The High Court has declined to strike out pleadings filed by a local contractor's lawyer who practised without a valid practising certificate in litigation linked to British multinational Diageo's planned Sh303 billion sale of its entire 65 percent stake in East African Breweries Plc (EABL).
The ruling came weeks after a Nairobi beer distributor, Bia Tosha Distributors Limited, lost twin bids to stop the transaction…
The petition names Diageo Kenya Limited, Diageo Plc, EABL, Asahi Group Holdings, CMA and CAK as respondents. The Law Society of…
Although the court left room for the underlying constitutional petition to be heard later, Justice Mutai found no link between…
The fresh application by Bia Tosha comes barely a month after Justice Bahati Mwamuye dismissed a near-identical request on April…
The brewer said a series of proceedings filed in different High Court stations had created a risk of conflicting decisions by…
The legal dispute concerns the proposed sale of 65 percent of shares held by the United Kingdom’s Diageo PLC in EABL to Japan’s…
