<p style="text-align: center"><strong><u>JUDGMENT OF THE COURT</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>A.   INTRODUCTION</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>[1]   </strong>The petition of appeal dated 27th March 2023 and lodged on 31st March 2023 was filed pursuant to certification by the Court of Appeal (<em>Nyamweya, Lesitt &amp; Odunga JJ.A</em>) in its Ruling dated 3rd March 2023 as one involving a matter of general public importance under Article 163 (4) (b) of the Constitution. The appellant is challenging the entire judgement and orders of the Court of Appeal (<em>Visram, Karanja &amp; Koome (as she then was) JJ.A</em>) in Civil Appeal No. 134 of 2018 delivered on 11th July 2019.</p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>[2]     </strong>The petition raises the following substantive issue; the parameters of Section 49 of the Employment Act and in particular the question of the nature and categories of wrongful dismissal and unfair termination the section applies to.</p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>B.  BACKGROUND</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>[3]     </strong>The Appellant is a State Corporation established under statute, Kenya Ports Authority Act, Cap 391 and mandated to <em>inter alia </em>manage and operate the Port of Mombasa and all scheduled seaports alon…</p>