Desma Nungo Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2017 to 2025; busiest year 2017 (108 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Political Parties Disputes: Appeal dismissed (20); Dismissed (15); Appeal Dismissed (7); The Complaint is struck out. (7)
• Political Parties Dispute: Dismissed (4); Appeal dismissed (3); The Complaint is struck out. (3); Appeal Dismissed (2)
• Civil: The claim is successful, but the final nomination certificat (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Political Parties Act, 2011 (17)
• Constitution of Kenya (10)
• Section 40 of the Political Parties Act, 2011 (10)
• Political Parties Act (9)
• Article 169 (1) (d) of the Constitution of Kenya (9)
• County Government Act 17 of 2012 (8)
• Elections Act 24 of 2011 (7)
• Political Parties Act 2011 (5)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from the original trial (30), Appeal Dismissed (16), Appeal from a decision of the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (10)
• [Political Parties Disputes] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 18/133, Dismissed: 14/133, Appeal Dismissed: 7/133, The Complaint is struck out.: 7/133
• [Political Parties Dispute] outcomes — Dismissed: 4/27, Appeal dismissed: 3/27, The Complaint is struck out.: 3/27, Appeal Dismissed: 2/27
• [Political Party Dispute] outcomes — The Complainant's victory is upheld, and the 2nd Respondent is ordered to present the Complainant as the party's candidate.: 1/1
• [Election Petitions] outcomes — Claim dismissed: 1/1
• [Election Dispute] outcomes — The Amended Statement of Claim is dismissed: 1/2, Appeal dismissed: 1/2

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~18977 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Declaration of nullity (3)
• Restraining order (2)
• Reconstitute the County Assembly (Marginalised Group) Party List to comply with the requirement to alternate between male and female candidates (1)
• Consider including the Claimant in the reconstituted list in line with the recommendation of the Disability League (1)
• Transfer of Claimant's name to the list of marginalized groups (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.5
• Frequently applied statutes: Political Parties Act, 2011 (16), Constitution of Kenya (10), Section 40 of the Political Parties Act, 2011 (9), County Government Act 17 of 2012 (8), Political Parties Act (8)