Rea Ougo Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2012 to 2026; busiest year 2025 (182 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (58); Affirmed (26); Appeal successful (15); Appeal allowed (14)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (38); Affirmed (8); Affirmed the conviction and sentence (6)
• Succession: Application dismissed (11); Appeal dismissed (5)
• Miscellaneous Criminal Application: Application dismissed (5)
• Criminal: Guilty (5); Acquitted (3)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Penal Code (65)
• Criminal Procedure Code (32)
• Civil Procedure Act (29)
• Law of Succession Act (20)
• Civil Procedure Rules (17)
• Evidence Act (16)
• Sexual Offences Act No 3 of 2006 (15)
• Constitution of Kenya 2010 (13)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Application for Adoption (51), Appeal from the original trial outcome (50), Appeal from original trial (50)
• [Land Dispute] outcomes — Application dismissed: 2/18, Appeal dismissed: 2/18, Granting of injunction: 1/18, In favor of the Plaintiff: 1/18
• [Civil] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 14/101, Granted: 13/101, Application dismissed: 10/101, Dismissed: 5/101
• [Civil Suit] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 8/75, Granted: 6/75, Application dismissed: 5/75, Dismissed: 3/75
• [Contempt of Court] outcomes — Contempt of court found and respondent ordered to be present and sanctioned: 1/5, Granting leave to institute contempt of Court proceedings: 1/5, Application dismissed: 1/5, The application was granted.: 1/5
• [Family Dispute] outcomes — The applicants are entitled to a temporary injunction.: 1/2, The grant of administration is revoked.: 1/2

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~10132 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Injunction (13)
• None (6)
• Revocation of grant of letters of administration (6)
• None specified (5)
• Costs of the application (4)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.7
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (95), Penal Code (57), Civil Procedure Rules (51), Law of Succession Act (50), Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act (42)