上诉法院将加速审理一项上诉，该上诉针对一项法院裁决，该裁决宣布出售东非最大移动网络运营商股权的交易无效，该交易金额约为19亿美元，买方是一家南非无线运营商。
Court of Appeal will fast-track hearing an appeal of a ruling voiding the sale of a stake in East Africa’s biggest mobile-network operator in a deal of about $1.9 billion to a South African wireless carrier.
法院于10月13日决定不审理该申请，而是记录加速审理实质性上诉，总部位于约翰内斯堡的Vodacom Group Ltd.在周五的一份声明中表示。
The court on Oct. 13 decided not to rule on the application but instead recorded to fast-track the substantive appeal, Johannesburg-based Vodacom Group Ltd. said in a statement on Friday.
“在上诉审理期间，关于股份和购买对价的现状将予以维持，”该公司表示。
“The prevailing status quo in respect of the shares and purchase consideration shall be maintained pending the hearing of the appeal,” it said.
9月15日，一家肯尼亚高法院下令，将出售给Vodacom的Safaricom Plc 15%股权归还国库。该出售筹集了约2043亿先令（16亿美元），以及来自未来股息证券化的额外402亿先令。
On Sept. 15, a Kenyan high court ordered the 15% Safaricom Plc stake sold to Vodacom be returned to Treasury. The sale raised about 204.3 billion shillings ($1.6 billion), along with an additional 40.2 billion shillings from the securitization of future dividends.
高法院表示，该交易违反宪法，关键文件未披露供公众审查，且股份估值没有依据。
The deal was undertaken in violation of the constitution, while critical documents weren’t disclosed for public scrutiny and there was no basis for the valuation of the shares, the high court said.