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…The third, fourth and sixth grounds of appeal are that the plaintiff failed to prove the damages claimed by it; that it failed to mitigate the damage, and that interest on damages was wrongly awarded.…

…The plaintiff was therefore entitled to damages, basically for breach of contract, but also in sounding in detinue. But the measure of damages must be subject to some restraint.…

…In my own judgment, therefore, I would award him a sum of Shs 750,000/= as general damages for pain, suffering and loss or amenities, on top of which I would add Kshs 13,050/=, being special damages and enter judgment for…

…In plain language, the appellant is simply asking this Court to reduce the amount of damages awarded to the respondent by the trial judge because in the view of the appellant, those damages are so excessive that they amount…

…There is a claim for special damages as well as general damages.…

…In these circumstances I would hold that the appellant has failed to prove anything in the nature of special damages. He is in judgment entitled to damages by way of general damages only.…

…Also that since the year 1977, he has been negotiating with the Attorney General’s Chambers for payment of damages for his total loss of his eyesight but that, as he put it “their promise has not materialized”, that he has…

…Protracted negotiations with the Attorney-General for payment of damages are not to be taken lightly. Practicing advocates do take such negotiations seriously.…

…No general damages are payable for dismissal of a servant. In the end result we dismiss this appeal with costs. Dated and delivered at Nairobi this 1st day of March, 1996. R. O. KWACH ………………………. JUDGE OF APPEAL P.K.…