Omuthiya Othithiya Festival and Career Fair

Dust refuses to settle around Omuthiya festival

Dust refuses to settle around Omuthiya festival

Obrein Simasiku The war of words between the Omuthiya town council and Samuel Shinedima over the hosting of an entertainment festival is long from over. The fight is over intellectual rights over the name Othithiya, which Shinedima claims that the town council stole his idea after he pitch it to them. The local authority is now claiming that Shinedima has defamed council's reputation, image, interrupting the preparation of the event and for creating a bad impression about the council to its potential investors, clients and stakeholders. Meanwhile, Shinedima says council and its entire management do not understand the implication of…
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Omuthiya council faces patent lawsuit

Omuthiya council faces patent lawsuit

Obrein Simasiku The much hyped about Omuthiya Othithiya Festival and Career Fair, which is slated for the end of this month, is now hanging in the balance, as a lawsuit relating to Intellectual Property has been brought against Omuthiya Town Council. However, the council is adamant to fight the lawsuit and go ahead hosting the jamboree.This comes after an aspirant host of Othithiya Festival, Samuel Shinedima through his lawyers, Salmon Kanyemba Legal Practitioners, demand answers on why the town council copied an idea he had initially presented to them [council] on 16 July 2019. He claims that without responding to…
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