Woman loses Sh11m road accident award

Woman loses Sh11m road accident award. (Courtesy)

A woman will lose millions of shillings awarded for injuries she suffered in a road accident after a top court threw out her appeal. Appellate Court judges Daniel Musinga, Patrick Kiage and Martha Koome upheld a decision by High Court Judge Francis Tuiyot entered on July 14, 2016 that reduced a payout of Sh11.4 million to Sh2 million.

"At the date of filing the suit, the pecuniary jurisdiction of a chief magistrate was up to Sh7 million. Although the suit was filed in a chief magistrate's court, the appellant’s advocate did not raise any objection when the suit was assigned to a resident magistrate, whose pecuniary jurisdiction was up to Sh2 million,” reads part of the Court of Appeal judgement.