Riechi Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2017 to 2026; busiest year 2024 (15 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (7); Affirmed (2); Dismissed (1); Appeal upheld in part (1)
• Criminal Appeal: Affirmed (6); Appeal dismissed (4); The conviction and sentence were set aside. (2); Appeal on sentence successful (1)
• Criminal: Appeal dismissed, sentence upheld (2)
• Land Dispute: Appeal dismissed (2)
• Civil Application: The application is allowed. (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Penal Code (12)
• Criminal Procedure Code (9)
• Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (6)
• Sexual Offences Act (5)
• Sexual Offences Act No 3 of 2006 (3)
• Evidence Act (2)
• Constitution of Kenya 2010 (2)
• Land Registration Act (2)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from conviction and sentence (95), Appeal from the original trial outcome (28), Appeal from a conviction for murder (16)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 56/145, Appeal dismissed, sentence reduced: 8/145, Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence quashed: 5/145, Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence set aside: 4/145
• [Criminal] outcomes — Guilty: 28/106, Not guilty: 20/106, Guilty of Manslaughter: 9/106, Acquitted: 6/106
• [Adoption] outcomes — Adoption granted: 5/6, Appeal dismissed: 1/6
• [civil appeal] outcomes — Appeal allowed, suit proceeds to hearing: 1/1
• [Election Petition] outcomes — The application is allowed.: 1/2, Dismissed with costs: 1/2

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~11594 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Remission of the bill of costs to another Taxing Master for assessment and determination (5)
• Stay of execution pending appeal (2)
• Each party to bear his own costs (2)
• Award of Ksh.850,000 in general damages and Ksh.2,000 in special damages (1)
• Deposit of decretal sum in joint account (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.7
• Frequently applied statutes: Penal Code (61), Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (54), Criminal Procedure Code (38), Section 203 of the Penal Code (25), Section 204 of the Penal Code (17)