Rhoda Rutto Beta

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Activity

Published decisions from 2024 to 2026; busiest year 2025 (307 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (60); Affirmed (18); The appeal is dismissed. (3); Affirmed the judgment of the Small Claims Court (3)
• Miscellaneous Application: Judgment in favor of the applicant (22); Application dismissed (4)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (11); Affirmed (7); Quashed conviction and sentence (4); The appeal was dismissed. (2)
• Income Tax Appeal: Appeal dismissed (5)
• Miscellaneous Criminal Application: Application dismissed (5)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (49)
• Civil Procedure Rules (30)
• Criminal Procedure Code (26)
• Advocates Act (21)
• Law of Succession Act (18)
• Sexual Offences Act Cap 63A (14)
• Probate and Administration Rules (14)
• Small Claims Court Act (13)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: First Appeal (14), Appeal from the original trial (8), Appeal from original trial (8)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 8/38, Affirmed: 6/38, Quashed conviction and sentence: 4/38, Appeal allowed, conviction quashed, sentence set aside.: 1/38
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 28/84, Affirmed: 11/84, Appeal struck out: 3/84, The appeal is dismissed.: 2/84
• [Commercial Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 2/6, Affirmed: 1/6, The appeal is struck out.: 1/6, Affirmed the trial court's ruling and orders.: 1/6
• [Income Tax Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 4/11, Affirmed: 1/11, Affirmed the decision of the Tax Appeals Tribunal: 1/11, The court granted the appeal and vacated the income tax assessments for 2016.: 1/11
• [Commercial Case] outcomes — The motion for joining the Proposed Interested Party and issuing a Mareva injunction is dismissed.: 1/9, The Plainti is entitled to the sum of Kshs.28,049,334.13 as the value of works certied in IPCs 16 and 17.: 1/9, The court dismissed the suit.: 1/9, The court granted the stay of execution pending the hearing of the appeal.: 1/9

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~19174 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Award of costs and interest (8)
• Spent (5)
• Award of costs to the applicant (4)
• Reconsideration of the case (2)
• Award of costs and interest on the taxed sum (2)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.4
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (35), Civil Procedure Rules (24), Criminal Procedure Code (19), Advocates Act (15), Sexual Offences Act Cap 63A (13)