JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
This is an appeal against the judgment of Kuloba J dismissing the suit brought by the appellants the suit brought by the appellants, mother and daughter, the latter a minor suing through her next friend, her father, for general and special damages for injuries sustained by the appellants through the negligence of the respondents.
What then are the circumstances leading to institution of the suit by the appellants. According to the first appellant who dwells in the rural town of Ahero, she had on 3rd June, 1988, bought 10/- worth of what she thought was paraffin from the Total Service Station at Ahero operated by the first respondents which was pumped into her plastic jerrican . Later that day whilst standing by the fire in fire place of her house and pouring the paraffin from the jerrican into her unlit lantern, the paraffin exploded and caught fire. She and her daughter suffered several burns as a result of the explosion and fire. In the context of the rural life …