James Atema Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2017 to 2025; busiest year 2017 (70 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Political Parties Disputes: Appeal dismissed (5); Complaint dismissed (3); Affirmed (3); Dismissed (3)
• Political Parties Dispute: The Claimant's case is allowed, and the 1st Respondent is re (3); The Complainant's claim is allowed, and the 5th Respondent's (1); The Complaint is allowed. (1); Complaint dismissed (1)
• Nominations Dispute: The complaint is dismissed. (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Political Parties Act, 2011 (10)
• Fair Administrative Action Act, 2015 (6)
• Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (6)
• Political Parties Act 2011 (2)
• Constitution of Kenya (2)
• Fair Administrative Action Act (2)
• Article 35(2) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (1)
• Section 40(2) of the Political Parties Act (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from the original trial (8), Appeal from a decision of the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (4), Appeal from a previous decision (3)
• [Political Parties Disputes] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 5/46, Complaint dismissed: 3/46, Affirmed: 3/46, Dismissed: 3/46
• [Political Parties Dispute] outcomes — The Complainant's claim is allowed, and the 5th Respondent's claim is dismissed.: 1/20, The Complaint is allowed.: 1/20, Complaint dismissed: 1/20, The complaint is allowed.: 1/20
• [Nominations Dispute] outcomes — The complaint is dismissed.: 1/1
• [Political Parties Tribunal] outcomes — Complaint allowed: 1/1
• [Application for Stay of Execution, Setting Aside and Review of Judgment] outcomes — Dismissed: 1/1

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~8138 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Revocation of nomination certificate (3)
• Nullification of the nomination certificate (2)
• Recount of votes (2)
• Fresh nomination exercise (2)
• Rectification of the party list to correct the misspelling of the Complainant's name. (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.4
• Frequently applied statutes: Political Parties Act, 2011 (9), Fair Administrative Action Act, 2015 (6), Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (5), Political Parties Act 2011 (2), Constitution of Kenya (2)