REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NYERI CORAM: NYAMU, J.A. (IN CHAMBERS) CIVIL APPLICATION NO. NAI 277 OF 2010 BETWEEN GEORGE KIRIANKI LAICHENA .......................................... APPLICANT AND MICHAEL MUTWIRI ................................................... RESPONDENT (An application for extension to file and serve record of appeal out of time from the judgment of the High Court of Kenya at Meru (Ouko, J) dated 12th March, 2009 in HCCC NO. 14 OF 2001)
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RULING
This is a rule (4) application which principally seeks two orders, namely:
(1) That the notice of appeal dated 18th March, 2009 and lodged in the superior court on the same date be deemed properly filed and served.
(2) That the time for filing of the record of appeal be extended. The grounds relied upon by the applicant are set out in the body of the application namely that the delay occasioned in the circumstances is excusable; that the intended appeal raises important issues of law and finally t…