How WhatsApp chat cost top filmmaker Sh1 million

High Court rules that the messages amounted to a legally binding contract...

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Kenyan filmmaker David Tosh Gitonga has been ordered to pay German filmmaker Christian Kramer over Sh1 million after the High Court upheld a Small Claims Court ruling that a WhatsApp conversation constituted a legally binding contract.

The amount owed has escalated to over Sh985,884, with initial judgment for Sh678,403.
The dispute arose from WhatsApp exchanges used to secure Netflix funding for the series "Volume".
The High Court found that conduct and electronic messages fulfilled contract requirements, dismissing Gitonga's appeal as final.

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