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PETER AMOLO AKUMU GOULD
V.
KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED

(2016) JELR 96032 (CA)

Court of Appeal 22 Apr 2016 Kenya
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Case Details

Suit Number:Civil Application Sup 5 of 2015 (Ur 4/2015)
Judges:Hannah Magondi Okwengu JA Paul Kihara Kariuki JA Festus Azangalala JA
Location:Nairobi
Other Citations:Peter Amolo Akumu Gould v. Kenya Commercial Bank Limited [2016] eKLR

RULING OF THE COURT

By way of an application through a notice of motion dated the 19th March 2015, the applicant, Peter Amolo Akumu Gould, seeks leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Kenya against the judgment of this Court delivered on the 11th December 2014 in Civil Appeal No. 247 of 2009.

The dispute between the parties arose when the applicant, who had been employed by the respondent bank back in 1989, was dismissed from his employment on the 6th February 1999. The respondent claimed that the applicant had been negligent as a result of which it suffered monetary loss.

The respondent therefore paid to the applicant a sum equal to three months’ salary in lieu of notice. The respondent however refused to pay to the applicant his terminal dues and other benefits that he claimed to be entitled to.

The applicant sued for unlawful termination of his employment and loss of income. That suit was dismissed by the High Court. The applicant was aggrieved with the finding of the High Court and p…

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