Hanna Okwengu Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2003 to 2026; busiest year 2005 (178 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (135); Appeal allowed (29); Appeal dismissed with costs (27); Application dismissed (19)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (81); Appeal allowed (19); Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence quashed (17); Appeal allowed, conviction quashed, sentence set aside (12)
• civil: Appeal dismissed (33)
• Appeal: Appeal dismissed (25); Appeal allowed (9)
• Criminal: Not Guilty (15); Not guilty (13)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (182)
• Civil Procedure Rules (166)
• Penal Code (127)
• Criminal Procedure Code (80)
• Law Reform Act (24)
• Registered Land Act (21)
• Evidence Act (20)
• Fatal Accidents Act (17)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from a High Court Order (1), appeal from a ruling of the High Court of Kenya at Nyeri (1), Appeal from the High Court's dismissal of an appeal and subsequent review application (1)
• [Civil Application] outcomes — Application denied: 1/1
• [civil appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 1/1
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 2/3, Appeal allowed, award of general damages reinstated: 1/3
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal successful on sentence only: 1/1

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~21860 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Stay of execution of the High Court Order is denied (1)
• Silvia Onunga is awarded costs of the appeals in both the High Court and this Court (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.3
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (1), Government Proceedings Act (1), Civil Procedure Act (1), Civil Procedure Rules (1), Sexual Offences Act (1)