REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA
AT KISUMU
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 65 OF 2011
PETER M. NYABINGE....................................................APPELLANT
VERSUS
SHAMILLA ANYANGO (Suing as administrator of the estate of
YACOB O. JUMA (Deceased).................................RESPONDENT
[Being an appeal from the judgment and decree of Honourable Ezra
Awino (Senior Principal Magistrate) Kisumu CMCC No. 201 of 2008
Shamilla Anyango v. Peter M. Nyabinge delivered on 4th May 2011]
JUDGMENT
The Court below awarded the Respondent a sum of Kshs.1,738,000/= as damages under the Law Reform Act and the Fatal Accidents Act. Being aggrieved the appellant filed an appeal based on the following grounds that the trial magistrate misdirected himself in law and fact, that the trial magistrate misconceived the evidence both on liability and quantum; that the trial magistrate erred in holding there was proof of earnings of 19,600/= when none was availed, that the magistrate erred in awarding specials in t…