NAIROBI BUS UNION V. DEXTER IRERI IMANENE
(1993) JELR 104473 (CA)
Court of Appeal
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Civil Appeal 75 of 1991
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22 Nov 1993
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Kenya
Coram
Riaga Samuel Cornelius Omolo, John Mwangi Gachuhi, Fred Kwasi Apaloo
Judgement
<p class="ql-align-center">IN THE COURT OF APPEAL</p><p class="ql-align-center">AT NAKURU</p><p class="ql-align-center">(Coram: Apaloo CJ, Gachuhi and Omolo JJ A)</p><p class="ql-align-center">CIVIL APPEAL NO 75 OF 1991</p><p class="ql-align-center">NAIROBI BUS UNION....................... APPELLANT</p><p class="ql-align-center">VERSUS</p><p class="ql-align-center">DEXTER IRERI IMANENE ............... RESPONDENT</p><p class="ql-align-center">(Appeal from the judgment of the High Court of Kenya at Eldoret</p><p class="ql-align-center">(Mr Justice KKS Aganyanya) dated 24th May, 1989</p><p class="ql-align-center">in HCCC NO 74 OF 1987)</p><p class="ql-align-center">JUDGMENT</p><p class="ql-align-justify">Nairobi Bus Union, the appellant herein, is a public transport company and on the 27th February, 1983, Dexter Ireri Imanene, the respondent, was seriously injured when the appellant’s motor omnibus Reg No KVK 746 in which the respondent was a fare-paying passenger veered off the Nakuru- Kericho Road and overturned. The respondent thought the appellant’s driver or agent in charge of the bus was negligent in the manner in which he drove, managed and controlled the appellant’s bus thus causing the accident and so in April, 1987, the respondent instituted a suit against the appellant claiming general and special damages for the injuries he sustained dur…</p>