Sichale Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2013 to 2026; busiest year 2024 (39 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (50); Affirmed (12); Appeal allowed (5); The appeal was dismissed. (4)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (6); Affirmed (2)
• Appeal: Appeal dismissed (6); Granted (2); The application is granted. (1); The applicants are granted leave to file their record of app (1)
• Civil Application: Application granted (3); Denied (1); The Court of Appeal struck out the appeal for want of jurisd (1); Stay of execution of the High Court judgment granted (1)
• civil: Appeal dismissed (3)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Small Claims Court Act (14)
• Civil Procedure Act (12)
• Criminal Procedure Code (9)
• Constitution of Kenya 2010 (8)
• Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (7)
• Elections Act (6)
• Penal Code (6)
• Civil Procedure Rules (6)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Second Appeal (42), Application for stay of execution pending appeal (20), Appeal from a High Court judgment (20)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 106/238, Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence quashed: 7/238, Appeal allowed: 5/238, Appeals dismissed: 4/238
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 127/428, Appeal allowed: 20/428, Dismissed: 19/428, Application dismissed: 17/428
• [Civil Application] outcomes — Application dismissed: 13/120, Dismissed: 12/120, Appeal dismissed: 9/120, The motion is allowed.: 7/120
• [civil appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 3/5, Appeal allowed: 1/5, dismissed with costs: 1/5
• [Judicial Review] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 5/6, Appeal allowed, orders of the High Court set aside: 1/6

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~17887 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Injunction (6)
• Extension of time to file an appeal (4)
• Costs to the appellant (3)
• Stay of execution of the judgment and decree of the Environment and Land Court pending the hearing and determination of the intended appeal (3)
• Respondent's suit dismissed with costs (2)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.0
• Frequently applied statutes: Criminal Procedure Code (60), Sexual Offences Act (43), Penal Code (42), Civil Procedure Act (27), Evidence Act (24)