RULING
By a Notice of Motion dated 20th May 2019 premised on Article 159 (2) of the Constitution, sections 3A and 3B of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act and rule 4 of the Court of Appeal Rules, the applicant, Ali Omar Ali Abdulrahman has sought orders for extension of time within which to lodge a memorandum and record of appeal against the ruling and orders of the High Court (Thande, J. ) dated 6th October 2017. The application was brought on the grounds that after delivery of the ruling, the applicant instructed his advocate Kenga and Company Advocates to lodge an appeal on his behalf; that the advocate proceeded to lodge a notice of appeal and embarked on preparing a memorandum and record of appeal. It was stated that prior to the appeal being lodged, the relationship between the applicant and his advocate soured and as a result of outstanding legal fees, the applicant was unable to retrieve his file from his advocate until settlement of the outstanding amounts; that the applicant now …