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Activity

Published decisions from 2000 to 2026; busiest year 2023 (15 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (4); Affirmed (1); Appeal allowed on Counts 10 and 11 for making false document (1); Affirmed the conviction and sentence of life imprisonment. (1)
• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (4); Appeal allowed (4); Affirmed (3); Appeal upheld (2)
• Miscellaneous Criminal Application: Application dismissed (2); The applicant's application for review of sentence was allow (1)
• Civil Appeal (Application): Granted (1)
• Appeal: The application was granted. (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Criminal Procedure Code (7)
• Penal Code (4)
• Evidence Act (3)
• Sexual Offences Act (3)
• Civil Procedure Rules (3)
• Judiciary Sentencing Policy Guidelines (2)
• Law of Succession Act (2)
• Elections Act 2011 (2)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from conviction and sentence (80), Appeal from a conviction and sentence (51), Application for extension of time to file an appeal and stay of execution (23)
• [Miscellaneous Application] outcomes — Application dismissed: 5/19, The application is allowed.: 2/19, Dismissed: 2/19, The matter was compromised, and each party agreed to bear their own costs.: 1/19
• [Election Petition] outcomes — Petition dismissed: 3/10, The Petition is dismissed.: 1/10, Jared Billy Otieno's evidence is not admitted.: 1/10, Application dismissed: 1/10
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 87/210, Appeal allowed: 11/210, Appeal allowed, conviction quashed, sentence set aside: 10/210, Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence quashed: 5/210
• [Criminal] outcomes — Not Guilty: 30/138, Guilty: 28/138, Not guilty: 11/138, Guilty of murder: 9/138
• [Criminal Revision] outcomes — Application dismissed: 7/16, Application allowed: 2/16, Bond granted: 1/16, Bail granted: 1/16

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~11005 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Stay of execution pending the appeal (20)
• Extension of time to file the appeal (16)
• Stay of execution pending appeal (12)
• Deposit of Kshs. 200,000/= as security for costs (11)
• Set appellant at liberty (7)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.1
• Frequently applied statutes: Penal Code (135), Sexual Offences Act (110), Criminal Procedure Code (109), Evidence Act (75), Civil Procedure Act (61)