REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI (CORAM: O’KUBASU, J.A. (IN CHAMBERS)) CIVIL APPEAL NO. 315 OF 2005 BETWEEN KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY........................................................APPELLANT AND KUSTRON (KENYA) LIMITED...................................................RESPONDENT (Appeal from the Judgment and Decree of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Osiemo, J.) dated 10th February, 2005. in H.C.C.C. NO. 93 OF 1995) ********************** R U L I N G This is a reference on taxation from the ruling of the Deputy Registrar of this Court delivered at Nairobi on 21st December, 2010. The appellant’s bill of costs against the respondent was drawn at K.Shs.2,955,066 and was itemized in a total of 49 items. The contested items in the bill are Nos.1, 7, 18, 46, 47 and 49.
The appellant’s counsel Mr. Gachuhi submitted before the Deputy Registrar that the bill related to general damages which were computed in the bill in a total sum of K.Shs.380,225,365.77. It was the co…