JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
INTRODUCTION
1. This is an appeal from the judgment of the Industrial Court (now referred to as the Employment and Labour Relations Court) where the appellant had sought payment of her terminal benefits, following the respondent’s termination of her services as the respondent’s Executive Director. The appellant claimed a total of Kshs.112,594,570/= but the trial court awarded her Kshs.15,466,666.70.
Being aggrieved by that decision, the appellant preferred an appeal to this Court.
THE APPELLANT’S CASE BEFORE THE TRIAL COURT
2. Prior to March, 2010, the appellant, an Accountant by profession, was employed by the Central Bank of Kenya, where she was a Manager in Bank Supervision Division. She was employed on permanent and pensionable terms. The appellant, while working at the Central Bank of Kenya, was involved in the merger of City Finance Bank and Jamii Bora Micro Finance to form Jamii Bora Bank.
3. The respondent requested the appellant to terminate her employment wit…