Hannah Okwengu Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2003 to 2026; busiest year 2019 (201 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (127); Application dismissed (38); Appeal allowed (23); Affirmed (19)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (116); Affirmed (17); Appeal against conviction dismissed, appeal against sentence (13); Appeal allowed (8)
• civil: Appeal dismissed (16)
• Appeal: Appeal dismissed (14); Appeal allowed (5); Affirmed (5)
• Civil Application: Application dismissed (13); The application is allowed. (5)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Criminal Procedure Code (112)
• Penal Code (100)
• Sexual Offences Act (63)
• Civil Procedure Act (44)
• Civil Procedure Rules (35)
• Constitution of Kenya (34)
• Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (32)
• Evidence Act (25)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from a conviction and sentence (28), Appeal from conviction and sentence (19), Appeal from the original trial outcome (13)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 31/160, Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence quashed: 16/160, Appeal allowed: 15/160, Appeal allowed, conviction quashed, sentence set aside: 11/160
• [Miscellaneous] outcomes — Dismissed: 1/2, Application dismissed: 1/2
• [Appellate] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 1/1
• [Miscellaneous Application] outcomes — Dismissed: 3/34, The application is dismissed.: 2/34, Application rejected: 2/34, Leave to file appeal granted: 1/34
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal allowed: 4/20, Appeal dismissed: 2/20, Appeal successful, conviction and sentence set aside: 1/20, Conviction and sentence upheld.: 1/20

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~8532 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Stay of execution pending appeal (15)
• Interlocutory injunction (10)
• The appellant shall be set free unless otherwise lawfully held (6)
• Costs of the suit (6)
• Stay of execution pending appeal. (6)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.5
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (162), Civil Procedure Rules (158), Penal Code (105), Criminal Procedure Code (58), Law Reform Act (21)