A Kitengela hardware dispute has ignited fierce debate across Kenya. A buyer paid KSh800,000 in full for re-bars in January, left them in storage with a receipt, and returned this week to collect. The owner now insists on a KSh400,000 top-up due to price surges — or a full refund. The buyer demands his goods at the original price. Social media is split.
Under Kenya’s Sale of Goods Act (Cap 31), once price is agreed, full payment made, and a receipt issued, the contract is complete and ownership passes to the buyer. The seller simply holds the goods as a bailee and cannot rewrite terms because the market changed.
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