JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the superior court (Juma, J.) given on March 31, 1998 whereby he entered judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of K.Shs.801,753/=. The facts giving rise to this appeal may be briefly stated. The plaintiff was travelling as a passenger in the defendant's motor vehicle along Kisumu/Nairobi Road around May 25, 1988 when the defendant's vehicle collided with a parked lorry. As a result, the plaintiff was seriously injured and had a phonological disorder of speech resulting from impaired tongue movements due to a permanent injury in the segment of motor speech area of the brain. His reading was also affected by the injury to his brain.
After a full trial and having considered all that was before him, the learned judge at first instance awarded the plaintiff a total sum of K.Shs.750,000/= for pain, suffering and loss of amenities. Being dissatisfied, the plaintiff has appealed to this Court and two grounds of appeal h…