Wanjala Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2011 to 2026; busiest year 2014 (7 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Miscellaneous Application: Affirmed (1); The application for leave to appeal out of time was denied. (1)
• Criminal Petition: The matter shall be mentioned on July 28, 2022. (1)
• Civil Suit: The court grants the conservatory order and final orders. (1)
• Civil Appeal: The Appellant's application for leave to appeal out of time (1)
• Miscellaneous Criminal Application: Petition granted, death sentence commuted to life imprisonme (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (5)
• Elections Act, 2011 (4)
• Penal Code, Cap 63, Laws of Kenya (3)
• Court of Appeal Rules, 2010 (3)
• Supreme Court Rules, 2012 (2)
• Supreme Court Act, 2011 (2)
• Constitution of Kenya (2)
• Criminal Procedure Code (cap 75) (2)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from the Court of Appeal (40), Appeal from the Judgment of the Court of Appeal (18), Appeal from the High Court (13)
• [Advisory Opinion] outcomes — The Supreme Court declines to give its Advisory Opinion on the next general election.: 1/6, The Reference dated 1st November 2017 and filed on 3rd November 2017 is hereby dismissed.: 1/6, The Supreme Court declined to exercise its discretion in rendering an opinion on the matter.: 1/6, Appeal dismissed: 1/6
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 17/105, The appeal was dismissed.: 8/105, The appeal is dismissed.: 5/105, Appeal allowed: 4/105
• [Recusal of Supreme Court Judge] outcomes — The petition is dismissed.: 1/1
• [Election Petition] outcomes — The application is allowed.: 2/17, Application dismissed: 2/17, Appeal allowed: 1/17, Appeal dismissed.: 1/17
• [Civil Application] outcomes — Application allowed: 5/32, Application dismissed: 3/32, Appeal granted: 1/32, The application was dismissed.: 1/32

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~41625 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• None (4)
• Stay of execution of the Court of Appeal's judgment. (2)
• Stay of execution of the Court of Appeal judgment (2)
• Reinstatement of the 3rd respondent's Gazette Notice declaring the appellant as the duly-elected Member of Parliament for Narok East (1)
• Conservatory Order to conduct elections for Nyando Constituency pending the appeal. (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.7
• Frequently applied statutes: Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (48), Constitution of Kenya (36), Supreme Court Rules, 2020 (25), Supreme Court Act (24), Supreme Court Rules, 2012 (22)