Mwilu Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2009 to 2026; busiest year 2015 (25 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (14); Affirmed (7); Affirmed the conviction and sentence (4); Affirmed the conviction and sentence. (3)
• Civil Appeal: Affirmed (7); Appeal dismissed (6); The High Court's decision declaring section 66(1) unconstitu (1)
• Civil: Application dismissed (2); The suit is dismissed. (1)
• Criminal: Convicted of murder (2)
• civil: Appeal dismissed (2)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Criminal Procedure Code (13)
• Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (9)
• Penal Code (9)
• Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (9)
• Civil Procedure Act (7)
• Constitution of Kenya (6)
• Civil Procedure Rules (6)
• Sexual Offences Act (6)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from the Court of Appeal (22), Appeal from the High Court (14), Appeal from the Judgment of the Court of Appeal (8)
• [Supreme Court Petition] outcomes — The application is allowed.: 1/2, Application allowed: 1/2
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 9/67, Appeal allowed: 5/67, The appeal was dismissed.: 5/67, The appeal is dismissed.: 4/67
• [Death Penalty Constitutional Challenge] outcomes — The mandatory nature of the death sentence is declared unconstitutional.: 1/1
• [Election Petition] outcomes — Application dismissed: 3/11, The application is allowed.: 2/11, The 4th respondent, the National Super Alliance, was struck out as a respondent in the petition.: 1/11, The court allowed the prayer to strike out certain paragraphs of the affidavits and disallowed others.: 1/11
• [Judicial Review] outcomes — Application dismissed: 1/5, The petition of appeal was dismissed, and the tribunal's finding with regard to allegations one and five was affirmed.: 1/5, The petition was dismissed.: 1/5, The appeal was allowed, and the order of the Court of Appeal in Civil Application No. 37 of 2017 was set aside.: 1/5

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~34081 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• None (3)
• Stay of execution of the Court of Appeal judgment (2)
• The appellants are to bear their own respective costs. (1)
• Access to original forms and certified copy of the voter register. (1)
• Stay of execution of the Court of Appeal's judgment. (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.6
• Frequently applied statutes: Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (25), Supreme Court Act (25), Supreme Court Rules, 2020 (21), Constitution of Kenya (18), Supreme Court Act, 2011 (12)