RULING
The applicant, Charles Onyinge Abuso, has taken out, under Rule 4 of the Court of Appeal Rules, the Motion on Notice before me seeking extension of time to file a record of appeal. The short background to the application is as follows. On 24th August 2009, the applicant filed Mombasa High Court Civil Suit No. 288B of 2009 against the 1st respondent, Kenya Ports Authority and the 2nd Respondent, the Attorney General for damages of Kshs 26,822,7000 for unlawful dismissal and general and special damages for unlawful arrest, imprisonment and malicious prosecution. The bulk of the claim was made up of the salary and emoluments allegedly due to the applicant from the date of the dismissal to his expected date of retirement. In their separate defences dated 11th December 2009 and 24th November 2010 respectively, the 1st and 2nd respondents denied liability, with the 1st respondent contending that the applicant’s dismissal was lawful and justified and that the claim for salary and benef…