Nairobi, April 24 -- The High Court has ordered Kenya Power to pay Woolworths Limited more than Sh500 million over the 2009 fire tragedy that gutted the Nakumatt Down Town Supermarket on Kenyatta Avenue, killing 30 people and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

Justice Jacqueline Mong'are said in a ruling that the electricity company was to blame for the fire.

She said Woolworths Limited, which owned the building, had proved its case and therefore deserved to be compensated.

She ordered Kenya Power to pay Woolworths $3,085,600 for loss of rent, Sh7.4 million for land rent and rates, Sh58.5 million for the value of the building, Sh4 million for the cost of demolishing and rehabilitating the property, Sh185,600 for surveyor's fee...