Over 120 business owners have complained to the government over purported Chinese nationals founding and operating firms in the country.
They claim that the government promoted, aided, and encouraged the flooding of Chinese residents into the country and that the development of economic activities has risked the survival of their businesses and the livelihoods of over 2,000,000 Kenyans and 6 million dependents.
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They have now requested that the court issue orders barring the Director of Kenya Citizens and Foreign Nationals Management Services from giving permits to Chinese nationals.
They also want the court to prevent China Square Mall from importing and selling goods made by Chinese manufacturers and wholesalers.
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They allege that the Authority should have legitimately given China Square Mall an investment certificate.
The indigenous capital protection organization members say that the Kenya Competition Authority should undertake an inquiry and produce a report in court to ascertain whether the China Square Mall is participating in predatory pricing to force competitors out.
Furthermore, they assert that the Investment Promotion Authority has been unlawfully issuing investment certificates to Chinese traders and economic migrants to participate in economic activities that undermine Kenya's sustainable development, prejudice its citizens, and violate Section 4 of the Investment Promotion Act.
In light of the growing number of Chinese hawkers, shopkeepers, Route Eleven (11) traders, small-scale retailers, wholesalers, and distributors in Nairobi's Business District East of Tom Mboya Street, which includes River Road, Kirinyaga Road, Kamukunji, and Gikomba areas, the Applicant is convinced that the process of issuing permits to Chinese citizens has been so corrupted or otherwise compromised by the Kenya Chinese Chambers of Commerce.
The petitioners' lawyer, Kibe Mungai, has named approximately 50 Chinese-owned firms in the country.
