R U L I N G
This application expressed to be brought under rule 4 of the Rules of this Court seeks, in the main, two orders:
1. That the time to file the memorandum of appeal and the record of appeal be extended;
and
2. That Civil Appeal No. 169 of 2007 be deemed to have been duly filed in time.
The decision the subject matter of the intended appeal was delivered on 1st December, 2006. The applicant being aggrieved by it timeously filed a notice of appeal.
However, the appeal being Civil Appeal No. 169 of 2007 was lodged on 15th August, 2007, a time which constituted a period which was obviously outside the time permitted by the Rules of this Court.
According to the Certificate of Delay of which Mr. Karanja for the 1st respondent challenges the time taken by the Court to prepare and supply copies of the proceedings and ruling was from 6th December, 2006 to 31st May 2007. It would appear therefore that the delay in filing the appeal was 15 days or so outside the time stipulated by Rules.
Mr. E…