M’Inoti Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2014 to 2026; busiest year 2016 (14 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (4); Affirmed (2); Appeal allowed (2); Affirmed the judgment of the High Court. (1)
• Criminal Appeal: Affirmed (1); Appeals dismissed (1); Appeal dismissed (1); Appeal successful (1)
• Interlocutory Appeal: Appeal dismissed (1); Appeal partly successful, freezing orders dismissed (1)
• Divorce: Partially successful appeal (1)
• civil: Appeal dismissed with costs to the respondents (1); Appeal allowed (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Rules (2)
• Civil Procedure Act (2)
• Penal Code (2)
• Articles 2(1) (2) (3), 50(4) and 165(1) 3(b) of the Constitution (1)
• Law of Succession Act, cap 160 Laws of Kenya (1)
• Marriage Act, cap 150 (now repealed) (1)
• Marriage Act, 2014 (1)
• National Police Service Act, 2011 (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Second Appeal (21), Appeal from the High Court judgment (18), Appeal from a High Court judgment (11)
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 83/260, Application dismissed: 19/260, Dismissed: 14/260, Appeal allowed: 11/260
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 65/132, Appeal allowed, conviction quashed, sentence set aside: 4/132, Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence quashed: 4/132, Appeal allowed: 4/132
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 10/32, Appeal allowed: 4/32, Application dismissed: 2/32, The respondent's Notice of Appeal is deemed withdrawn.: 1/32
• [Civil Application] outcomes — Dismissed with costs: 4/20, Application dismissed: 2/20, Dismissed with no order on costs: 1/20, The Notice of Motion dated 8th September, 2011 is hereby dismissed with costs.: 1/20
• [Motor Accident Compensation] outcomes — Appeal allowed, judgment for the appellant: 1/1

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~19507 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Costs awarded to the appellant (3)
• Costs of this application shall abide the outcome of the intended appeal (2)
• Vacation of the High Court orders of stay of execution granted pending the hearing and determination of the intended appeal. (1)
• Release to the applicant of the decretal amount deposited in court as a condition for the said stay of execution. (1)
• Compensation for the loss of the appellant's vehicle (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.2
• Frequently applied statutes: Penal Code (33), Criminal Procedure Code (25), Sexual Offences Act (20), Constitution of Kenya (10), Employment Act (9)