Halfani Salumu v. Hasifa Kondo, (PC) Civ. App. 52-D-67; -/5/67, Saidi, J.
Respondent claimed damages for “the expenses incurred by her in educating her daughter for six years on the ground that the daughter was expelled from school because she was made pregnant by the defendant.”
Held: (1) The claim does not disclose a cause of action as presented because it is the duty of a cause of action child. Expenses incurred for that purpose cannot be claimed for the child’s education being cut short by intervening circumstances, such as the ones in the instant case. (2) However, respondent was entitled to damages for seduction of his daughter on the ground of loss of services, to the extent of Shs. 600/-
The Court stated, obiter: “There is a good case for a claim for the maintenance of the child who has been born as a result of the pregnancy …… under the Affiliation Ordinance, Cap. 278,
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