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…The grounds of appeal aver that the learned judge acted on a wrong principal of law in holding that the appellant was not entitled to the claim for a year’s salary under the contract of employment.…

…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.…

…At all material times the plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a loading booking clerk. 4) It was a term of the said contract of employment between the plaintiff and the defendant and/or it was the duty of the defendant…

…The plaintiff can pursue his remedies on contract of employment. The period of limitation in respect of cause of action founded on contract had not expired when this suit was filed. The plea of limitation fails.…

…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…