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…He claims for amongst other things a two months salary in lieu of notice and general damages for wrongful dismissal. He alleges that he was employed by the defendant on 1/6/76 as an assistant machine operator.…

…months salary in lieu of notice which amounts to 2,581.95 shillings special damages plus a sum of 3572/85 worked out on a salary of three months when the plaintiff with diligence would have been able to get employment as general…

…In Nbi HCCC No 770 of 1984 Appollo Mariika v Kenya Railways Corporation an award of Kshs 380, 000/= was made in terms of general damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities to the plaintiff whose leg was amputated…

…I have taken all that into account and in my judgment I make an award of Kshs 450,000/= general damages for pain suffering and loss of amenities.…

…The plaintiff’s claim is that he has suffered loss and damage and, therefore, he claims general and special damages.…

…Also that the appellant’s evidence was shut out in that he was not allowed to produce cards which documents were relevant to the plaintiff’s claim of general damages.…

…Mrs Adogo has asked me to award Shs 500,000/= as general damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities.…

…General damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities were assessed at Shs 1,000,000/-” I agree with Mrs Adogo that the injuries suffered by the plaintiff in the cited case were far graver though somewhat comparable to…

…I award in summary General Damages i) Pain, Suffering & Loss of Amenities Ksh.100,000/- ii) Loss of dependency Ksh.140,000 (apportioned as above) iii) Special Damages Ksh. 6,800/- Total Ksh.246,800/- 85% of 246,800 Ksh.204,000…

…Net Ksh.204,000/- Special damages Net Ksh. 5,780/- Net Total Ksh.209,780/- I award the cost of this suit and interest on General Damages from the date of this judgment.…

…The plaintiff is entitled to Pain, Suffering and loss of amenities under the head of General Damages of Ksh.150,000/- as reasonable. The case of Charles Sunguti v.…

…That General damages for Pain, Suffering and Loss of Amenities as assessed at Ksh.150,000/-. I make no award for Special Damages as no proof to this has been given.…

…The question of general damages is to be tried on vivo voce evidence at a date to be taken at the registry. Dated at Nairobi this 1st day of July 1996. A.G. RINGERA JUDGE…

…He claims general damages for this loss of time, For his time and effort spent on the re-negotiation of the loan facility with the lender, arising from the non-utilization of the offered loan facility within the specified…

…time limit, the court assesses general damages at a sum of Kshs.35,000/=.…

…He claims general damages for this loss of time, For his time and effort spent on the re-negotiation of the loan facility with the lender, arising from the non-utilization of the offered loan facility within the specified…

…time limit, the court assesses general damages at a sum of Kshs.35,000/=.…

…As a result the plaintiff suffered from chronic pain in the joint and weakness of the right hand producing permanent incapacity of about 40%.In a judgment which was delivered on the 11th July 1989 Butler-loss J, assesed general…

…damages at Shs. 250,000/=.It is undoubtedly clear that this case has significant comparable features to the present case especially with regard to the wrist injury.…

…He instituted the suit for general damages for that alleged dismissal in addition to other reliefs which are listed in the plaint.…

…So much so that even if the defendant had failed to file its defence after being served with summons, it would be necessary for a formal proof of the claim for general damages to be done before a final decree could be entered…

…The agreed general damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities was £120,000.…

…General damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities was in December 1982 assessed at £50,000.…

…They also claim general damages for assault and costs of this suit. There claims are joint and several against the three defendants. The defence is two-fold.…

…Finally, this witness told the court that with regard to the deceased Abdi he arranged for a suit to be filed in the name of his widow (HCCC 327/ 78) and that the case was settled and the Attorney General paid damages to…

…Giving the best consideration to this aspect of the case, we thing that the figure of general damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities should be reduced by one-half to shillings 600,000/=.…

…Giving the best consideration to this aspect of the case, we thing that the figure of general damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities should be reduced by one-half to shillings 600,000/=.…

…damages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution as a result of an incident that occurred in August 1979 and which culminated in the arrest and subsequent prosecution of the plaintiff in Kitale Resident Magistrate…

…Accordingly the plaintiff claims special damages of Kshs 24,500 particulars of which are given in the plaint, and general damages the quantum of which is to be assessed by this court.…

…I entirely agree that the learned judge’s award of Kshs 10,000 by way of general damages was manifestly too low.…

…For the reasons he gives the award of general damages could be increased to Kshs 80,000.…

…That now leaves me with the question of general damages and costs.…

…So the plaintiff prays for judgment for that sum as general damages.…

…He then proceeded to award the respondent general damages of Shs. 35,000/- for pain and suffering. Dissatisfied with this decision, the appellant appeals to this court and puts forward seven grounds of appeal.…

…In regard to general damages, counsel was of the view that the award by the lower court was modest and that this court should not interfere with it.…