NAIROBI, Kenya, July 24 – The Court of Appeal has granted the Embassy of Sweden in Nairobi extra time to file an software looking for the Supreme Court’s permission to problem a ruling on diplomatic immunity.
Justice Daniel Musinga issued the ruling in a longstanding case involving two former embassy staff, Lucy Muingo Kusewa and Renaeda Mboje Mjomba, who sued the embassy in 2015 after being declared redundant. The embassy argued it was immune from such fits beneath worldwide legislation.
“This ruling is in respect of prayer 2 solely, which seeks extension of time for the applicant to hunt certification and depart to attraction to the Supreme Court,” the choose acknowledged.
The Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) and later the Court of Appeal dismissed the embassy’s objections in 2017 and 2020, respectively.
The embassy now has till early August to file its movement on the Supreme Court, reopening debate on the scope of diplomatic immunity in employment issues.
