Omolo Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 1990 to 2026; busiest year 1992 (29 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (10); Appeal allowed (6); Affirmed (4); Application dismissed (3)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (6); Appeal successful, conviction and sentence quashed (4); Appeal successful, conviction and sentence quashed, appellan (2)
• Judicial Review: Application dismissed (3); The application is dismissed. (2); The ex parte applicant's application for certiorari to quash (2)
• Appeal: The Notice of Appeal is struck out. (2); Appeal allowed (2); The application is allowed. (2); Appeal granted (2)
• civil: Appeal dismissed (2)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (16)
• Civil Procedure Rules (13)
• Constitution of Kenya (9)
• Law of Succession Act (5)
• Civil Procedure Rules 2010 (5)
• Constitution of Kenya 2010 (4)
• Penal Code (4)
• Fatal Accidents Act (4)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Second Appeal (35), Appeal from a judgment of the High Court of Kenya (11), Application for stay of execution in an intended appeal (9)
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 47/209, Dismissed: 13/209, Application dismissed: 10/209, Appeal allowed: 9/209
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 87/224, Appeal allowed: 15/224, Appeals dismissed: 10/224, Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence quashed: 5/224
• [Contempt of Court] outcomes — The motions for contempt were dismissed.: 1/2, The application for committal is dismissed, and the court order is discharged.: 1/2
• [criminal contempt] outcomes — The appeal was dismissed.: 1/1
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 13/124, Dismissed: 10/124, Appeal allowed: 7/124, Application dismissed: 4/124

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~8169 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Release from prison (6)
• Stay of execution (2)
• Set the appellant free (2)
• Judgment on admission in the sum of Shs.64,821,930.40 as at November 30, 1995 (2)
• None specified (2)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.2
• Frequently applied statutes: Penal Code (68), Criminal Procedure Code (39), Civil Procedure Rules (18), Civil Procedure Act (11), Evidence Act (7)