ALCON International has lost a case they had filed with the supreme Court against National Social Security Fund (N.S.S.F) Uganda over an alleged cancellation of a contract to build the workers house building.
In the ruling delivered yesterday at the Supreme Court in Kampala, the panel of five justices headed by the Chief Justice, Benjamin Odoki, ruled unanimously that the transaction to award the compensation was tainted with fraud and dishonesty.
“The issue of fraud revolves around the identity of Alcon. The Alcon that signed the contract is not the Alcon that performed the contract,”said the Judges and ruled that the case returns to the High Court for re-trial.
The ALCON-NSSF case has been in court for the last 14 years and if it was ruled in favour of ALCON International, workers were going to lose over shs.60 billion.
Its alleged that the contract to build worker's house was signed between NSSF and ALCON Kenya not ALCON International who came up to claim compensation for the terminated contract.
In 2011, new information emerged that the Alcon Kenya which NSSF signed a contract with, is very different from the one that carried out the construction work and therefore the one seeking damages in the breach of contract.
Having learnt of these new facts, NSSF re-lodged a fresh application to the Supreme Court, which despite protests from Alcon’s lawyers was granted on March 19, handing the fund a last lease of life, in a case that has hung over the fund like a dark cloud.
In the ruling delivered yesterday at the Supreme Court in Kampala, the panel of five justices headed by the Chief Justice, Benjamin Odoki, ruled unanimously that the transaction to award the compensation was tainted with fraud and dishonesty.
“The issue of fraud revolves around the identity of Alcon. The Alcon that signed the contract is not the Alcon that performed the contract,”said the Judges and ruled that the case returns to the High Court for re-trial.
The ALCON-NSSF case has been in court for the last 14 years and if it was ruled in favour of ALCON International, workers were going to lose over shs.60 billion.
Its alleged that the contract to build worker's house was signed between NSSF and ALCON Kenya not ALCON International who came up to claim compensation for the terminated contract.
In 2011, new information emerged that the Alcon Kenya which NSSF signed a contract with, is very different from the one that carried out the construction work and therefore the one seeking damages in the breach of contract.
Having learnt of these new facts, NSSF re-lodged a fresh application to the Supreme Court, which despite protests from Alcon’s lawyers was granted on March 19, handing the fund a last lease of life, in a case that has hung over the fund like a dark cloud.
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