{"id":154198,"date":"2020-12-21T17:03:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T14:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=154198"},"modified":"2020-12-21T17:03:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T14:03:44","slug":"bclb-officials-risk-jail-for-contempt-of-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/bclb-officials-risk-jail-for-contempt-of-court\/","title":{"rendered":"BCLB officials risk jail for contempt of court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of Sunday, December 20, 2020 officials of the Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) risk being jailed for violating court orders barring them from interfering with the operations of the popular gaming platform SportPesa.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000\"><a style=\"color: #008000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/court-order-keeps-sportpesa-paybills-on-as-battle-for-the-brand-rages-on\/\">Court order keeps SPORTPESA paybills on as battle for the brand rages on<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This is after Milestone Games Limited, the company that operates the SportPesa brand in Kenya, moved to court seeking to have BCLB Chairman Cyrus Maina and six other board members jailed for contempt of court.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89883\" style=\"width: 749px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/Chipukeezy-and-Fred-Matiangi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/Chipukeezy-and-Fred-Matiangi.jpg\" alt=\"Matiangi\" width=\"749\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/Chipukeezy-and-Fred-Matiangi.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/Chipukeezy-and-Fred-Matiangi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/Chipukeezy-and-Fred-Matiangi-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chipukeezy and Fred Matiang&#8217;i<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the latest twist in the ongoing legal battle between SportPesa and BCLB, Milestone claims the seven officials have deliberately disobeyed orders issued by the High Court on December 3 despite having been served with the same.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000\"><a style=\"color: #008000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/mozzartbet-provides-clean-water-to-the-people-of-imbo\/\">MOZZARTBET PROVIDES CLEAN WATER TO THE PEOPLE OF IMBO<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>BCLB wrote a letter to Milestone on December 4, even after High Court judge Pauline Nyamweya barred the betting regulator from taking any further action, directing the company to show cause why its bookmaker\u2019s licence should not be cancelled.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150632\" style=\"width: 878px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/sportpesa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/sportpesa.jpg\" alt=\"Karauri\" width=\"878\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/sportpesa.jpg 878w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/sportpesa-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/sportpesa-768x392.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sportpesa CEO Karauri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the court papers served on BCLB and other parties in the suit, Milestone claims that continued interference in its operations and business is a mockery of justice and now wants the betting officials jailed for six months.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000\"><a style=\"color: #008000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/powerful-locals-destroying-the-kenyan-economy-driving-away-foreign-investors\/\">POWERFUL LOCALS DESTROYING THE KENYAN ECONOMY, DRIVING AWAY FOREIGN INVESTORS<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe action to belittle and disregard court orders at will cannot be taken lightly and should be arrested at the earliest opportunity,\u201d reads the application filed in court.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153723\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/The-High-Court.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/The-High-Court.jpg\" alt=\"High Court\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/The-High-Court.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/The-High-Court-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/The-High-Court-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Kenyan High Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other BCLB board members named in the proceedings are Peter Mbugi, Peter Kanaiya, Paul Njaga, Sabrina Kanini, Joy Masinde and Daniel Koech.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000\"><a style=\"color: #008000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/conspiracy-against-foreign-investors\/\">CONSPIRACY AGAINST FOREIGN INVESTORS?<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Milestone further wants the BCLB chair and board members barred from holding public office as long as they continue disobeying the court orders allowing SportPesa to continue operations pending the hearing and determination of the case.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141828\" style=\"width: 1320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Mozzart-Bet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Mozzart-Bet.jpg\" alt=\"Mozzart bet\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Mozzart-Bet.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Mozzart-Bet-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Mozzart-Bet-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Mozzart-Bet-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mozzartbet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a supporting affidavit, Milestone further states that BCLB bosses have \u201cdemonstrated utter disdain for court orders and the judicial process\u201d despite being served with the orders and penal notices asking them to purge the said act of contempt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat the act of the Respondent and its Board Members is of utter utmost contempt of court and demonstrates disrespect to the Honourable Court and the same should not go unpunished,\u201d states the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/Mozzart-CSR2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/Mozzart-CSR2.jpg\" alt=\"Mozzart\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/Mozzart-CSR2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/Mozzart-CSR2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/Mozzart-CSR2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/Mozzart-CSR2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/Mozzart-CSR2-690x460.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week, BCLB and ministry of interior officials went to SportPesa offices in Nairobi in what amounts continuing violation of the court orders allowing the gaming platform to continue operating in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to follow our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ghaflakenya\/\"><span style=\"color: #00ff00\"><strong>Instagram account<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of Sunday, December 20, 2020 officials of the Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) risk being jailed for violating court orders barring them from interfering with the operations of the popular gaming platform SportPesa. 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