Determinants of Compensation to Road Traffic Accident Claimants in Kisumu, Kenya

Scientific Study from the year 2013 in the subject Law - Civil / Private / Law of Obligation / Property Law, grade: 76, Moi University (school of business and economics), course: master of business administration, language: English, abstract: The main objective of this study was to establish the determinants of compensation to road traffic accident claimants in Kisumu, Kenya. To achieve this purpose of study, three specific research objectives are addressed. Firstly to determine the effect of ignorance of road traffic accident claimants on compensation, secondly to determine the role of legal proceedings on road traffic accident claims on compensation and thirdly to determine the effect of insurance companies' policies on compensation to road traffic accident claimants. The target population of this study comprise of 2740 respondents drawn from road accident claimants who have filed claims within Kisumu Law Courts, Lawyers and Advocates dealing with such cases in Kisumu, Magistrates and Judges handling such claims in Kisumu and claims managers of various insurance firms within Kisumu. The research utilized questionnaire, FGD and document analysis to collect the data. The data collected was coded and analyzed through inferential statistics to test the hypotheses.