RULING
1. INTRODUCTION
[1] This is an application by way of Notice of Motion dated 5th June, 2014 brought under Rules 3(1), (5), 23, and 53 of the Supreme Court Rules 2012 seeking orders THAT:
a. This application be certified as urgent and for reasons to be recorded in Court, service in the 1st instance be dispensed with.
b. This Honourable Court be pleased to extend the time within which to file and serve a notice of appeal.
c. Costs of this application be awarded to the applicant.
[2] The application is premised upon eight (8) grounds in the body of the application and the Supporting Affidavit of the applicant, John Khoyi Ochanda, dated 5th June, 2014. These grounds are inter alia that:
3. On the 21st of May, 2014 the applicants filed a notice of appeal in the Court of Appeal registry as per the old Rules of the Supreme Court and cited Rule 30 instead of Rule 31 of the Supreme Court Rules.
4. The said notice carried an erroneous but inadvertent statement that “it is intended to appeal aga…