Milly Lwanga Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2017 to 2017; busiest year 2017 (3 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Political Parties Disputes: Appeal dismissed (2)
• Election Petitions: Claim dismissed (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Article 177 of the Constitution (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from the original trial (21), Appeal Dismissed (11), Appeal from a decision of the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (7)
• [Political Parties Disputes] outcomes — Dismissed: 12/82, Appeal dismissed: 11/82, Appeal Dismissed: 3/82, The Claimant's complaint is dismissed.: 2/82
• [Political Parties Dispute] outcomes — Dismissed: 4/10, Application dismissed: 1/10, The complaint has merit.: 1/10, Dismissal of the Claimant's claim: 1/10
• [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 Dispute] outcomes — The Amended Statement of Claim is dismissed: 1/2, Appeal dismissed: 1/2
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 1/1

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~6564 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• 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)
• Amendment of the list in respect of the Nyamira County Assembly top up list (1)
• The Respondent was ordered to conduct fresh nomination elections and agree on ground rules by noon, 26th May 2017. (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.1
• Frequently applied statutes: County Government Act 17 of 2012 (8), Elections Act 24 of 2011 (7), Constitution of Kenya (4), Political Parties Act 2011 (4), Elections Act (3)