Nairobi, June 29 -- A three-year legal battle over a disputed rent-to-own arrangement at Nairobi's Senteu Plaza has entered a new phase, with SBS Dunhill Group suing the building's owners over an alleged unlawful eviction.

The company says the eviction caused massive business losses and the disappearance of property, including 330 kilogrammes of investment gold bars and cash.

The landlords, however, dispute the claims and are seeking to stop the case, arguing that the dispute has already been determined in earlier court proceedings.

At the heart of the long-running dispute is SBS Dunhill's claim that the parties agreed to a rent-to-own arrangement signed in 2017, under which the company would buy Senteu Plaza after the six-year lease e...