Mufuma v British Army Training Unit Kenya (Employment and Labour Relations Cause E980 of 2023) [2024] KEELRC 734 (KLR) (5 April 2024) (Ruling)
- Court
- Employment & Labour Relations Court
- Case number
- 734
- Citation
- [2024] KEELRC 734 (KLR)
- Decided
- 5 April 2024
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TypeEmployment DisputePostureApplication for leave to institute out of timeCoramStella Rutto
Holding
The application is dismissed with no orders as to costs.
Facts
The applicant Dominic Ambisai Mufuma was suspended and later terminated from his employment with the British Army Training Unit Kenya due to criminal charges he faced in Nairobi Criminal Case No. 2117/09.
Issues
- Whether the Employment and Labour Relations Court should grant the applicant leave to institute his claim out of time
Reasoning
The court held that the applicant's claim for unfair termination cannot be brought out of time due to the mandatory three-year limitation period under Section 90 of the Employment Act, and that criminal proceedings do not affect the applicant's right to bring a civil claim for unfair termination.
Outcome
Application dismissed
Orders
- Application dismissed with no orders as to costs
Authorities cited
Legislation (1)
- Employment Act 2007
Cases cited (3)
- Beatrice Kahai Adagala v Postal Corporation of Kenya
- Divecon Limited v Samani
- Attorney General & another v Andrew Maina Githinji & another
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