Asike-Makhandia Asike-Makhandia Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2004 to 2026; busiest year 2012 (214 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (237); Appeal allowed (39); Application dismissed (34); Dismissed (32)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (231); Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence quashed (34); Appeal allowed, conviction quashed, sentence set aside (22); Appeal allowed (17)
• Appeal: Appeal dismissed (40); Appeal allowed (9)
• Civil Application: Application dismissed (16); Dismissed (10)
• civil: Appeal dismissed (15)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Penal Code (213)
• Criminal Procedure Code (165)
• Sexual Offences Act (132)
• Civil Procedure Act (93)
• Civil Procedure Rules (77)
• Constitution of Kenya (57)
• Law of Succession Act (53)
• Evidence Act (48)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Second Appeal (40), Appeal from the High Court judgment (30), Appeal from a High Court judgment (19)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 148/330, Appeal allowed: 9/330, The application is granted.: 9/330, Application dismissed: 6/330
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 135/403, Appeal allowed: 20/403, Dismissed: 20/403, Application dismissed: 18/403
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 15/58, Dismissed: 4/58, Appeal allowed: 3/58, The application is allowed.: 3/58
• [civil] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 6/9, Judgment in favor of the respondent: 1/9, Appeal allowed, judgment of the trial court set aside and reinstated.: 1/9, The appeal is allowed in part.: 1/9
• [civil appeal] outcomes — Appeal allowed: 2/7, Appeal dismissed: 2/7, Appeal dismissed with no order as to costs: 1/7, The appeal is struck out with no order as to costs.: 1/7

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~20281 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Injunction (5)
• Costs shall be in the appeal. (3)
• Quashing of conviction and sentence (2)
• Sentence of 20 years imprisonment (2)
• Set appellant free (2)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.1
• Frequently applied statutes: Penal Code (97), Criminal Procedure Code (74), Sexual Offences Act (66), Constitution of Kenya (30), Court of Appeal Rules (29)