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Activity

Published decisions from 1984 to 2025; busiest year 2024 (29 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (9); Affirmed (5); Affirmed the conviction and sentence (2); Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence set aside, substitut (1)
• Appeal: Appeal dismissed (4)
• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (3); The Court of Appeal allowed the appellant's reference and re (1)
• Civil: Dismissed (3); Struck out (1)
• Criminal: Guilty (2); Not Guilty (2); The court found the accused not guilty of murder and acquitt (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Criminal Procedure Code (22)
• Penal Code (18)
• Civil Procedure Rules (14)
• Civil Procedure Act (12)
• Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (9)
• Land Act (6)
• Limitation of Actions Act, Cap 22, Laws of Kenya (6)
• Civil Procedure Rules 2010 (5)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: First Appeal (8), Appeal from conviction and sentence (7), Appeal from original conviction and sentence (5)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 9/36, Affirmed: 5/36, Affirmed the conviction and sentence: 2/36, Quashed conviction and sentence: 1/36
• [Civil] outcomes — Dismissed: 3/12, Granted: 1/12, Appeal dismissed: 1/12, The plaintiff's plaint was not struck out, but the plaintiff was ordered to provide the requested particulars.: 1/12
• [Civil Suit] outcomes — Summary Judgment in Favor of Plaintiff: 1/14, Struck out: 1/14, The Court grants an interlocutory injunction.: 1/14, The application is successful, with the award of general damages set aside.: 1/14
• [Taxation] outcomes — Appeal upheld: 1/1
• [Interlocutory Injunction] outcomes — The application for interlocutory injunction is dismissed.: 1/4, Interim Injunction Granted: 1/4, The Plaintiff's application for a temporary restraining injunction is dismissed. The suit against the 1st Defendant and the 2nd Defendant is also dismissed.: 1/4, The application for an interlocutory injunction was granted.: 1/4

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~27713 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Interim injunction (3)
• Refund of Sh. 2,950,000/= (1)
• Refund of money paid for offences successfully appealed against (1)
• Remand for further proceedings. (1)
• Interlocutory Injunction (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 2.3
• Frequently applied statutes: Penal Code (16), Criminal Procedure Code (15), Civil Procedure Rules (13), Civil Procedure Act (10), Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (9)