RULING OF THE COURT
[1] UPON PERUSING the Notice of Motion dated 23rd August 2024 by the respondent, filed on 26th August 2024 pursuant to Sections 21 and 24 of the Supreme Court Act 2011, Rules 3(2), 3(5), 15(2), 15(1), 23(3), 31 and 32 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2020 seeking leave for extension time to file their submissions; and
[2] UPON PERUSING the affidavit sworn by George Ochieng, counsel on record for the respondent, on 23rd August 2024 in support of the Motion and written submissions of even date and further affidavit sworn on 10th September 2024 and further submissions of even date wherein they contend that the respondent’s submissions were filed on 23rd August 2024 instead of the stipulated date of 22nd August 2024; that the delay was occasioned by counsel’s inadvertent oversight of the prescribed timelines, compounded by a period of illness that hindered the completion of the respondent’s written submissions as initially scheduled; that a genuine mistake of counsel should n…