RULING OF THE COURT
This is an application under Rule 5(2) (b) of the Court of Appeal Rules for an order that all proceedings arising from the ruling and order of Waweru, J. delivered on 23rd March, 2012 be stayed pending the hearing and determination of an intended appeal against the ruling.
The respondent John Ochanda and the alleged 996 former employees of the applicant who had been retrenched filed three suits in the High Court against the applicant relating to terminal/severance benefits. The three suits – HCCC No. 216 of 2007 as consolidated with HCCC No. 219 of 2007 and 225 of 2007 were heard by Mwera, J. (as he then was) who in a judgment delivered on 28th September 2011granted two reliefs namely, that:
(a) the plaintiffs be paid severance pay based on 2 1⁄2 months salary for each year of completed service.
(b) the plaintiffs be paid golden handshake on the same scale as what was paid the rentrechees in phase 2.
(c) plaintiffs to get costs and interest.
The applicant filed a notice …