RULING OF THE COURT
1. The 1st to 6th respondents herein were engaged by the applicants in various capacities having signed different contracts of employment. The contracts were supposed to run from 2nd January, 2019 to 1st January, 2022. For reasons that we cannot delve into at this point as the claim is still pending before the Employment and Labour Relations Court, (ELRC) the respondents are said to have stopped processing the respondents’ salaries at the end of March, 2019. The respondents were also barred from accessing their offices and performing their duties in terms of their contracts. The applicants were also accused of having intentions to advertise the positions held by the respondents afresh and hire other officers to replace the respondents.
2. This action prompted the respondents to move to the ELRC where they filed a statement of claim on 5th April, 2019 which they later amended on 10th May, 2019, claiming several reliefs amongst them a declaration that the respondents’ …