The National Land Commission (NLC) has been unequivocally ordered to pay a staggering Sh143.4 million to the law firm associated with Senior Counsel Prof Tom Ojienda.
This massive payment is for outstanding legal fees that have been accruing and left unsettled for over a decade.
Prof Ojienda, a well-known legal mind who also serves as an ODM-allied lawmaker and Senator .
Finally secured a definitive victory regarding a case his firm competently handled for the commission many years ago.
The decree demands that the NLC immediately settle this substantial amount.
Which directly stems from legal services rendered when Prof Ojienda's firm represented the commission in a critical land matter.
The legal tussle over the settlement has been arduous, running for years and clearly illustrating the bureaucratic.
often protracted nature of settling financial obligations owed by government entities.
The court's decision has garnered attention across the legal fraternity and has been widely hailed as a landmark ruling.
Crucially, the ruling specifically addresses the serious issue of undue delay in finalizing the payment of high-value legal fees.
Initially, the decreed amount was considerably lower, but the passage of time, coupled with accumulating interest .
And penalties due to non-payment, has caused the total sum to balloon to the current figure of Sh143.4 million.
This ruling has immediate and substantial ramifications for public finance management.
It clearly sends a strong message from the judiciary, signaling a firm stance against state corporations.
That default on or unnecessarily postpone the payment of legitimate debts.
The NLC therefore, has no choice but to comply.
For Prof Ojienda, this successful and long-awaited outcome has emphatically confirmed the validity of his firm's claim from a decade ago.
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