The appellant was employed as an extension officer under “Agritex” which is a department of the 3rd respondent.
His duties included working with rural communities and involved communications with the various office holders there. During the course of his duties, “inputs” or tools to empower farmers were distributed. The local councillors were responsible for the distribution of these inputs. At the conclusion of one such distribution the local councillor gave appellant a 50 kilogram bag of fertilizer known as “Compound D”. This was a token of appreciation. Investigations into the distribution of the inputs revealed this. He admits this and... More
This is an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court at instance of the applicant employee following this court’s decision to allow the appeal noted by the respondent employer in a labour case pitting it and the applicant.
Basic facts of the matter are that respondent approached the Labour Court on appeal after the applicant had been reinstated to his original position at work after his dismissal by respondent on misconduct allegations in contravention of the Respondent Code of Conduct. More
This is an appeal against the decision of Arbitrator E.R. Chako that was handed down on 1 July 2015. The award was couched as follows;
“(1) The applicants were unfairly dismissed.
(2) The applicants be reinstated without loss of benefits or the respondent pay damages in lieu of reinstatement.”
The background history of this matter is that the respondents were employed by the appellant. Respondents raised their grievances to the appellant. This however resulted in a hearing and subsequent dismissal. The matter went for arbitration and the Arbitrator ruled in respondents’ favour. More
This is an application for a review of disciplinary proceedings held by the respondent’s Disciplinary Authority. The Disciplinary Authority sat to inquire into misconduct allegations levelled against the applicant. The disciplinary hearing did not go into the merits of the matter. The applicant raised preliminary issues relating to the procedural fairness of the disciplinary proceedings, such as the composition of the disciplinary panel. More
With due respect the grounds given were rather terse. At best they are ambiguous. They do not specify which points the appeal raises or the exact findings which are impugned. I consider the grounds as void because they do not raise points of law. In terms of section 98 (10) of the Labour Act Chapter 48:10 (hereafter called the Act) an appeal against an arbitration award must raise points of law and not fact. More
