TFF ordered to pay 900 m/- in sports kits case
DAR ES SALAAM: THE High Court in Dar es Salaam has ordered the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) to pay Romario Sports 2010 Limited about 900m/- as outstanding amount after supplying sports kits.
Judge Awamu Mbagwa gave such orders after entering a consent judgment in respect of the dispute after TFF, the defendant and the Sports Kits Dealer Company, the plaintiff, decided to settle the matter through mediation.
“The deed of settlement reached by parties through mediation is hereby recorded and adopted to form part and parcel of the consent judgment,” the judge said in his consent judgment delivered on August 19, 2024.
In the judgment, the court directed the TFF to pay the plaintiff the outstanding amount of 843,039,240/- as the settlement sum.
TFF will pay 50m/- every month starting from the end of August, September to October of 2024, totalling 150m/-.
The defendant shall pay to plaintiff 100m/- every month from November of 2024 -to May of 2025, totalling 700m/-.
Both parties agreed that the Settlement Agreement be adopted as court judgment and decree and executable upon failure of the defendant to pay any of the agreed instalments,” reads part of the consent judgment.
Judge Mbagwa warned that upon the failure of the defendant to pay the plaintiff any monthly instalments as agreed, the plaintiff shall proceed to execute for the entire amount outstanding as in the settlement.
The Plaintiff, being a dealer in the sale and supply of sports kits, supplied to the defendant various items on diverse dates amounting to 893,039,240/-.
However, the defendant failed to pay the purchase prices.
As such, the plaintiff approached the defendant in a bid to resolve the debt amicably.
Through their mutual understanding, the defendant committed to pay the outstanding amount in 18 instalments starting from January 31, 2023 to June 2024.
Nonetheless, the mutual agreement to settle the outstanding debt did not yield results. Consequently, the plaintiff resolved to institute the present suit claiming several reliefs, including immediate payment of the outstanding amount.
The plaintiff also pushed for payments of general damages of 220m/-, payment of other 300m/- as loss of business and interests on the sum that will be adjudicated as specific and general damages at the commercial lending and court rates.
After the first pre-trial conference, the matter was referred to the Mediation Centre.
Luckily, on August 6, 2024 before Isaya Arufani, the parties successfully mediated the matter.
The parties signed a deed of settlement, which was filed in Court to form part and parcel of the consent judgment and decree of the Court.
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As the High Court Mediation Centre is not enjoined with powers to execute decrees, the parties were referred back to the High Court, Dar es Salaam Sub-Registry for the recording of the deed of settlement and issuance of consent judgment and decree of the Court.
