Onginjo Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2020 to 2025; busiest year 2024 (3 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Criminal Appeal: Withdrawn (1); Application dismissed (1)
• Miscellaneous Civil Case: The applications are dismissed. (1); The court dismissed the applications and made the orders as (1)
• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (1)
• Civil Suit: The court dismissed the application for res judicata. (1)
• Succession: The application is granted. (1); Appeal allowed (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (3)
• Advocates Remuneration Order (2)
• Children Act (1)
• Criminal Procedure Code (1)
• Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act, No. 9 of 2009 (1)
• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (1)
• Law of Succession Act (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from a conviction and sentence (3), Appeal from conviction and sentence (2), Appeal from original conviction and sentence (1)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 2/14, Appeal allowed, conviction quashed, sentence set aside: 2/14, Appeal allowed, Appellant released: 2/14, Appeal successful, conviction and sentence set aside: 1/14
• [Criminal] outcomes — Guilty of murder: 1/1
• [Succession] outcomes — Application dismissed: 1/2, The application is dismissed with costs, and the Protestors' application is allowed with costs.: 1/2
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — The application is allowed with conditions.: 1/3, Appeal granted: 1/3, Withdrawal of the application and costs awarded to the respondent: 1/3
• [Civil] outcomes — The application is dismissed.: 1/1

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~13130 words
• Single-judge

Remedy patterns

• Release of the Appellant (2)
• Transfer of documents and security for the Protestors' application. (1)
• Deposit of security for the decretal sum. (1)
• Execution of the decree in the Magistrate's court if non-compliance occurs. (1)
• None specified (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.5
• Frequently applied statutes: Penal Code (3), Civil Procedure Act (3), Section 117(b) of the Penal Code (3), Criminal Procedure Code (2), Law of Succession Act (2)