Journalist sues Milling Company over road accident.

 This is the wreckage of the vehicle that belongs to Journalist Dickens Wasonga after it involved in a road accident on February 7,2015.He has now sued a milling Company which its vehicle caused the accident.He seeks compensation over the road accident which left him seriously injured-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo.

By Dickson Odhiambo.

February 11, 2018.

Journalist sues Milling Company over road accident.

A KISUMU based Journalist has sued a milling company demanding compensation over a road accident that was caused by the vehicle that belongs to the company three years ago.

Dickens Wasonga who works with African Press International {API} has sued the United Millers Company limited at Kisumu court seeking compensation over a road accident that was caused by one of the company’s vehicles that rammed into his vehicle and he suffered serious injuries.

After the accident, the scribe’s car was written off and the matter was moved to court where the driver of the lorry belonging to the company which caused the accident convicted.

Paul Ngige, who had earlier denied the charge of careless driving thus setting a stage for a battle in court with the journalist for two and half years was found guilty of the offence in May last year and the court ordered him to pay a fine of Ksh. 10,000 or face a six month jail term.

During the trial, the driver was blamed for causing the accident when he tried to overtake and rammed into the car near Migosi junction along Kisumu Kakamega Road on February 7, 2015.

Ngige who was driving the lorry registered under the name of United Millers was said to be ferrying goods from Kisumu to Kakamega on the morning of February 7, 2015 when the lorry had a head-on collision with the journalist’s car.

The scribe who suffered multiple injuries was immediately rushed to Avenue hospital and had to undergo a major surgery on his head and remained hospitalized for several months.

The Journalist last week through Olel, Onyango and Ingutiah Company Advocates filed a suit against the driver and the milling company.

The suit papers which have been served by the plaintiff’s lawyers to the defendants includes demands for compensation for total loss of his motor vehicle  medical treatment costs, cost of the suit, general damages for the pain, suffering and loss of amenities, special cost and any other or further relief  that the court may deem to grant.

The Chief Magistrate’s court will hear and determine the case if the defendants fail to enter an appearance before the magistrate within 15 days.

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