PURE CIRCLE (K) LTD
V.
PAUL K. KOECH & 12 OTHERS

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

In an amended statement of claim dated 30^th October 2015, the 1^st to the 13^th respondents herein namely:- PAUL KOECH, BERNARD RONO, DAVID BYEGON, PHILEMON LANGAT, PHILEMON CHERUIYOT, VIOLET ROTICH, ROBERT YEGON, BENARD CHEPKWONY, ALFRED RUTO, DAVID KETER, ERICK TOO, DAVID NJIRU and RICHARD KYALO were the 1^st to the 13^th claimants respectively. PURE CIRCLE (K) LTD, the appellant herein was named as the respondent. The appellant cause of action was based on their claim that they were wrongfully and unfairly terminated on account of redundancy. As each of the respondents was employed on diverse dates in the statement of claim, each one of them (save the 13^th respondent RICHARD KYALO) tabulated his/her claim based on the date that he/she was employed.

In a reply to the statement of claim, dated 29^th September 2015, the appellant denied having unfairly and unlawfully terminated the respondents from employment. It averred that:-

“The Respondent admits that the Claimants w…