ARMENIAN BROTHERS’ RENT CASE BEGINS
By Evelyn Kwamboka

Standard, Kenya
May 18 2006

The hearing of a case in which a landlord has sued the Armenian
brothers over a Sh0.8 million rent dispute opened in a Nairobi court
on Wednesday.

Mr Sammy Musyoki has moved to court seeking orders to compel Artur
Margaryan and Artur Sargasyan to pay the money for terminating their
contract. Musyoki had leased his house in Nairobi’s Runda Estate to
the brothers through their company, Brotherlink International Ltd.

Through his lawyer, Mr Richard Mutiso, Musyoki told the court that
he received a letter terminating the one-year contract on May 11,
adding that an attempt to convert a deposit paid for the house into
rent was contrary to the tenancy agreement.

“I have a reasonable apprehension that they may leave the jurisdiction
of the court and consequently render any eventual decree nugatory,”
he said.

But Justice Festus Azangalala said the court could not give exparte
orders and instead ordered that the matter be heard inter partes on
May 25.