Nairobi, Jan. 12 -- Pay-television firm Multichoice Kenya Limited has received the Court of Appeal's approval to pursue a Supreme Court challenge in a dispute involving criminal prosecutions of architects and contractors arising from a Sh895 million collapsed commercial construction project.

The approval followed a ruling allowing the company to file a late application seeking permission to escalate the dispute to the apex court. The Court of Appeal held that Multichoice had satisfactorily explained why it missed the initial deadline for filing the certification application.

Multichoice intends to challenge a January 2025 Court of Appeal judgment that upheld the continuation of criminal proceedings linked to the construction dispute. Th...