RICHARD ERSKINE LEAKEY,SALLY JEMGETICH KOSGEY & ATTORNEY GENERAL V. SAMSON KIPKOECH CHEMAI

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

1. By a Plaint dated 17^th July 2001 and amended on 31^st July 2001 and filed in court on 1^st August 2001, the respondent, Ambassador Samson Kipkoech Chemai, lodged suit against the appellants, Richard Erskine Leakey, Dr. Sally Jemgetich Kosgey and The Hon. Attorney General.

2. At all material times to the dispute between the parties, the respondent was Kenya’s Ambassador to the United States of America, the Republic of Columbia and the United Mexican State. He took up his ambassadorial tour of duty in November 1997. He was appointed for a term of 36 months which was due to expire on 2^nd August 2001. By letter dated 14^th October 1999, twenty-two (22) months before the expiry of his contract, the 2^nd appellant, Dr. Sally Jemgetich Kosgey, recalled the respondent from his station in Washington DC. The 1^st appellant, Richard Erskine Leakey, subsequently wrote a letter dated 21^st March 2000 terminating the respondent’s appointment as Ambassador. The respondent contended …