Pm Gachoka Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2023 to 2026; busiest year 2026 (8 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Criminal Appeal: Affirmed (2)
• Civil Appeal (Application): Appeal granted (1); The Court granted leave to the applicants to appeal to the S (1)
• Civil Appeal: The appeal was dismissed, and the High Court's order that th (1); Affirmed the judgment of the High Court (1); The appeal was allowed, and the judgment of the Environment (1); Appeal dismissed (1)
• Civil Application: The application for review and/or setting aside of the impug (1); Application dismissed (1); The application was dismissed. (1); The application was dismissed, and the applicant was ordered (1)
• Criminal Application: The notice of motion is hereby struck out. (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Sexual Offences Act (2)
• County Government Act (1)
• Water Act (1)
• Constitution of Kenya (1)
• Articles 22, 47, 48, 50, 163(4)(b) and 165(5) of the Constitution (1)
• Sections 3A and 3B of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act (1)
• Rules 1(2), 5(2)(b), 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47 and 49 of the Court of Appeal Rules (1)
• Section 15 of the Supreme Court Act, 2011 (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Application for leave to appeal out of time (46), Second Appeal (7), Application for extension of time to file an appeal (4)
• [Civil Appeal (Application)] outcomes — Application dismissed: 4/19, Granted: 2/19, The application is granted.: 2/19, The court granted the application for extension of time to file the record of appeal.: 1/19
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 10/46, Application dismissed: 6/46, Affirmed: 3/46, Dismissed: 2/46
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 13/67, Leave to appeal granted: 11/67, Application dismissed: 8/67, The application for leave to appeal out of time is allowed.: 5/67
• [Civil Application] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 2/7, The application for leave to amend the Memorandum of Appeal is allowed.: 1/7, Appeals dismissed, no orders as to costs: 1/7, Appeal granted: 1/7
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 2/8, Granted: 2/8, Appeal allowed: 1/8, The application for leave to appeal out of time is allowed.: 1/8

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~17003 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Stay of execution (1)
• Injunction (1)
• The appellant was acquitted (1)
• Costs awarded to the respondent (1)
• Award of Kshs 350,000/= as general damages for pain and suffering (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.0
• Frequently applied statutes: Sexual Offences Act (16), Criminal Procedure Code (15), Court of Appeal Rules 2022 (7), Penal Code (4), Employment Act (3)