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Nasubiri kesi ya Mkono aliyoshinda Ulaya!Tupe data.
1. DAWASA wins against Biwater - Mkono & Co successfully defends Tanzanian Government
The government organism has just won one of the arbitration procedures in the dispute that has pitted it against the British company for many years.
The arbitration tribunal of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) found in favour of the Dar-es-Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (Dawasa) in its long-standing conflict with City Water Services Ltd (CWS), a joint venture between the British company Biwater International and its German colleague Gauff Ingenieure. These two companies had won the contract to operate the Dawasa and its infrastructure in 2003 (ION 1032), but the Tanzanian authorities suspended its contract unilaterally two years later. A lenghty arbitration procedure before several international bodies then ensued (ION 1172).
One of these procedures was before the UNCITRAL in London. The court gave its decision on 31st December, but it was only communicated to the two sides at the beginning of this year. In its findings, UNCITRAL considered that CWS had not fulfilled the clauses in its contract to run the water authority, getting results which were even worse than those when the water supply was run by Dawasa. The judges therefore considered that the unilateral breaking of the CWS contract was justified and condemned the company to pay Dawasa damages of up to 13.7 billion shillings (7.9 million). At the same time, UNCITRAL decided to cancel part of the payment of this sum, awarding Dawasa an effective payment of only 7 billion shillings (4 million). Moreover, CWS was condemned to pay Dawasa's legal costs amounting to 2.1 billion shillings (1.2 million).
Dawasa was represented by a team consisting of Nimrod Mkono, Wilbert Kapinga, Karel Daele and Bart Wilms of Mkono & Co Advocates. Another arbitration procedure is under way before the Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). CWS is presented by Allen & Overy, while the firms Mkono & Co Advocates and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are representing Dawasa.
(The Indian Ocean Newsletter, January 19, 2008)
2. A Partner with Mkono & Co. Advocates to serve as an Election Observer in upcoming US Presidential elections
Mkono & Co Advocates has sent Clark Arrington, a Partner in its Banking & Finance division, to Ohio, USA, to serve as an Election Observer for the Barak Obama Presidential Campaign For Change. Clark Arrington is a citizen of the USA.
The Obama Campaign has recruited a cadre of attorneys to serve as Election Observers on Election Day, 4 November 2008. Clark Arrington has been assigned to Cincinnati Ohio and will join the Ohio Voter Protection Team.
Statement from Clark Arrington
The Republicans have made voter suppression an integral part of their electoral strategy. The State of Ohio has been particularly targeted as it is considered a critical battle ground state that current opinion polls show Senator Barack Obama with approximately a 6% lead. However, George Bush won the State of Ohio in 2004 with less than an 119,000 vote margin. In 2000 George Bush won the presidential election by winning the State of Florida with a mere 537 vote margin out of a total of 5.8 million votes cast .
As a member of the Ohio Voter Protection Team, I will serve as both a trouble shooter and as the eyes and ears of the Obama Campaign. I will assist election officials and help voters vote while also reporting concerns to the Obama Ohio Boiler Room. Election Observers are the Obama Campaigns early warning system, preventing delay, ballot shortages and systematic problems with the election. My goal for the Precincts I will observe and monitor will be to ensure that every eligible voter can vote and every valid vote is counted.