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…But the employee is under duty to mitigate hisloss by taking other employment which is suitable andavailable.…

…employment.…

…When he did not agree to this he received a letter Exh 2 dismissing him summarily in accordance with section 17(g) of Employment Act for misappropriating company money as well as absenting himself from work.…

…Since the plaintiff has since then not got any other employment and is not likely to get any, he ought to be paid for all the time he has been without a job and for the future period he is going to be without a job.…

…With regard to wrongful dismissal, every employee in every employment except one expressly excluded by statute has the right not to be unfairly dismissed by his employer.…

…normal measure of damages is the amount an employee would have earned under the contract for the period until the employer could lawfully have terminated it, less the amount he could reasonably be expected to earn in other employment…

…In Waiyunka v Bamburi Portland Cement Co Ltd, Mombasa HCCC 230/80 Muli, J awarded Kshs 12,000 general damages in 1980 for a fractured clavicle as a result of which the plaintiff was unable to follow his employment, unlike…

…The remaining years of employment were only 4. Considering that he would have moved into private sector as his wife said he had a garage opened to operate on retirement.…

…Our clerk left our employment in between. I believe.”…

…In the other case, it was stated that “our” clerk left the advocate’s employment.…

…They claimed that the defendant had failed to effect increments of their salaries, house allowances according to their agreements of employment.…

…The Thika project also depends, we were told, on the help of the Treasury and various departments that deal with land, forests, water, employment of labour, customs duties and taxes.…