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Understanding the legal weight of appointment letters

Understanding the legal weight of appointment letters is very important to employers. Of even more importance is understanding the legal effect of unilaterally revoking an appointment letter before an employee reports to work.

3 May 2022 08:10 Minutes Podcast
Understanding the legal weight of appointment letters

Understanding the legal weight of appointment letters

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Understanding the legal weight of appointment letters

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Understanding the legal weight of appointment letters is very important to employers. Of even more importance is understanding the legal effect of unilaterally revoking an appointment letter before an employee reports to work. In this podcast Christine Mugenyu and Johnstone Odeya discuss the case of Kelvin Gatembo Kariuki & 4 others vs. Office of the Auditor-General & 2 others [2021] eKLR which sets out in detail the legal weight of appointment letters and the effect of an unilateral revocation of an appointment letter before an employee reports to work.

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