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…In relation to a contract of employment the employee is only entitled to receive what the contract stipulates. The appellant was paid his full entitlement. No general damages are payable for dismissal of a servant.…

…Edward Onyango Oganda, Civil Appeal No.27 of 1992 (unreported), the Court of Appeal said:- "The rule of national justice have no application to a simple contract of employment, unless the parties themselves have specifically…

…Where a notice period is provided in the contract of employment --- - then an employer needs not assign any reason for giving the notice to terminate, the contract and employer is not obliged to assign a reason, the question…

…What is clear here is that there was no written contract of employment between the two not even a letter of offer. At least the Court has not been shown any.…

…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…

…The plaintiff’s contract of employment does not contain a clause with regard to termination of employment.…

…The contract of employment provided for termination of the same and so the Plaintiff cannot claim the right to work up to the age of 55 years and contend that the Plaintiffs contract was terminated in accordance with the…