Willy Mutunga Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2011 to 2026; busiest year 2025 (14 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Affirmed (4); Appeal dismissed (3); The appeal was dismissed. (1)
• Petition: Affirmed (3)
• Appeal: Affirmed (2); Appeal allowed (2)
• Stay of Execution Pending Appeal: Granted (2)
• Constitutional Petition: Affirmed (2); The court upheld the interim conservatory order. (1); Petition dismissed (1); The court declared the regulations illegal and unconstitutio (1)

Counts are per published decision as classified by AI; not comparable across courts or years.

Most-cited legislation

• Constitution of Kenya 2010 (22)
• Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (19)
• Supreme Court Act (6)
• Land Registration Act (6)
• Constitution of Kenya (4)
• Land Act (4)
• Supreme Court Act, 2011 (3)
• Elections Act 2011 (3)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from the High Court (8), Appeal from the Court of Appeal (4), Appeal from the original trial (2)
• [Advisory Opinion] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 1/5, The Supreme Court declines to give its Advisory Opinion on the next general election.: 1/5, The Supreme Court granted the advisory opinion.: 1/5, The preliminary objection was properly raised and the Court may proceed to consider it on merits.: 1/5
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal allowed: 1/8, The Court of Appeal's decision is set aside.: 1/8, The Council of Governors was ordered to bear the costs of the interested parties in the reference.: 1/8, The Petition before this Court is hereby allowed.: 1/8
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — The preliminary objection is upheld.: 1/1
• [Application] outcomes — The Supreme Court did not have jurisdiction to entertain the matters.: 1/1
• [Presidential Election Petition] outcomes — Affirming the High Court's decision.: 1/5, Affirmed: 1/5, The court ruled in favor of the respondents.: 1/5, The petitions were consolidated.: 1/5

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~82100 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Costs of the adjournment to be paid by Mrs. Guserwa. (1)
• reinstatement of the High Court’s judgment (1)
• annulment of the Court of Appeal’s decision (1)
• Restoration of the election result (1)
• Set aside the Court of Appeal’s judgment (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.5
• Frequently applied statutes: Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (8), Constitution of Kenya 2010 (8), Supreme Court Act, 2011 (3), Supreme Court Act (3), Supreme Court Rules, 2012 (3)