Kenyatta University loses appeal, to pay Sh3.9m compensation over student's death

Her parents sued as administrators of her estate and successfully obtained compensation.

The High Court has upheld a Sh3.9 million compensation award to the family of a 21-year-old Valeria Akinyi Ouma, a third-year student at Kenyatta University, who died in a road accident along the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway at Maungu in Taita Taveta County.

In a judgment delivered on September 25, Justice Asenath Ongeri dismissed an appeal filed by Kenyatta University and its driver, Nyamu Keneth Mwendia, and affirmed an earlier decision that held them fully liable for the fatal crash.

The case arose from a March 18, 2024 accident involving a university vehicle driven by Mr Mwendia and another vehicle travelling in the opposite direction. The student succumbed to injuries sustained in the collision. Her parents, George Ouma Opar and Pamela Achieng Ouma, later sued as administrators of her estate and successfully obtained compensation in a Voi court.

Source: Nation