R U L I N G
Angela Wokabi Muoki (Respondent) filed a claim being Employment Cause No. 1712 of 2014 at the Industrial Court of Kenya in Nairobi, claiming several reliefs from the Tribe Hotel Limited (Applicant) her former employer.
The matter was heard, and in a judgment rendered on 29th September 2016, the learned Judge (M. Mbaru J) entered judgment in the Respondent’ favour in which she was awarded most of the reliefs she had prayed for. The applicant being aggrieved with the said judgment promptly applied for the court proceedings with a view to preferring an appeal against the judgment. The Notice of Appeal was nonetheless not filed within the prescribed time hence the application before the court dated 11th April, 2017.
In the Notice of Motion the applicant prays that the time for lodging the Notice of Appeal against the judgment and decree in question be extended. The Motion is premised on three grounds on its face to the effect that failure to lodge the Notice of Appeal in time was…