Gacheru Rutakangwa Beta
Read this first — limitations.
- Patterns reflect published decisions only.
- This is not an assessment of private character, integrity or bias.
- Outcome distributions are per case-type and not comparable across courts/years.
- Based on 16 decision(s); small samples are indicative only.
- Name normalization is automatic and may merge or split judges incorrectly.
Main subject areas
Activity
Published decisions from 2023 to 2026; busiest year 2025 (9 decisions).
Documented outcomes by case type
- Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (2); The appeal is allowed with costs to the appellant. (1); The application is dismissed with no order made. (1); Appeal allowed (1)
- Admiralty: Appeal dismissed, matter fast tracked for hearing (1)
- Judicial Review: The ex-parte applicant's application for an order of mandamu (1); The ex-parte applicants' application for an order of mandamu (1)
- Constitutional Petition: The matter is certified as raising a substantial question of (1); The Preliminary Objection is dismissed. (1)
- Civil Suit: Appeal dismissed (1); The 1st Defendant's Notice of Preliminary Objection is dispe (1)
Counts are per published decision as classified by AI; not comparable across courts or years.
Most-cited legislation
- Civil Procedure Act (5)
- Co-operative Societies Act (1)
- Civil Procedure Act Chapter 21 Laws of Kenya (1)
- Civil Procedure Rules 2010 (1)
- County Government Act, 2012 (1)
- Public-Private Partnership Act (1)
- Public Finance Act (1)
- Kenya Ports Authority Act (1)
Documented reasoning patterns
- Most common procedural postures: Respondent's appeal from a decision of the Small Claims Court (1), Appeal from the initial dismissal of admiralty claim (1), Ex-parte applicant seeks mandamus against interested party to direct satisfaction of Kshs. 262,188/- plus accrued interest in Bungoma CMCC No. 207 of 2022 (1)
- [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 2/6, Affirmed the decision of the Small Claims Court.: 1/6, The appeal is successful, and the suit against the 1st Respondent survives. The 2nd Respondent is ordered to bear its own costs, and the matter is to be heard before a different magistrate.: 1/6, Appeal allowed: 1/6
- [Admiralty] outcomes — Appeal dismissed, matter fast tracked for hearing: 1/1
- [Judicial Review] outcomes — The ex-parte applicant's application for an order of mandamus was dismissed.: 1/2, The ex-parte applicants' application for an order of mandamus and other orders is granted.: 1/2
- [Constitutional Petition] outcomes — The matter is certified as raising a substantial question of law.: 1/2, The Preliminary Objection is dismissed.: 1/2
- [Civil Suit] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 1/2, The 1st Defendant's Notice of Preliminary Objection is dispensed with.: 1/2
Writing characteristics
- Median judgment length ~30677 words
- Includes panel decisions
Remedy patterns
- The arrest of the cargo as security for claims and the claims by the ship owner (1)
- An order of Mandamus to be issued against the County Secretary of Bungoma and the Chief Finance Bungoma County to compel them to proceed and pay out the decretal sum of Kshs 1,132,300/-. (1)
- That the court be pleased to set aside a timeline and/or duration within which the respondents will settle the decretal sum with interest until the date of payment. (1)
- Costs awarded to the Appellant (1)
- Order for the 2nd Respondent to bear its own costs (1)
Citation patterns
- Avg cited authorities/decision: 3.1
- Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (4), Small Claims Court Act, No 2 of 2016 (1), Tax Procedures Act, No 29 of 2015 (1), Civil Procedure Act Chapter 21 Laws of Kenya (1), Civil Procedure Rules 2010 (1)
Sample decisions
Biosystems Consultants v Nyali Links Arcade (Civil Appeal E185 of 2023) [2023] KEHC 21068 (KLR) (31 July 2023) (Ruling)
High Court of Kenya · [2023] KEHC 21068 (KLR) · 31 July 2023
In re Defang Shipping Company Limited (Commercial Case E005 of 2023) [2023] KEHC 22571 (KLR) (19 September 2023) (Ruling)
High Court of Kenya · [2023] KEHC 22571 (KLR) · 19 September 2023
Mayende t/a Engo Garage v Bumula Sub-County Hospital; Republic (Applicant); Bumula Sub-County Hospital & another (Respondent); Mayende t/a Engo Garage (Exparte); Chief Officer Ministry of Health in the County Government of Bungoma (Interested Party) (Judicial Review 33 of 2023) [2023] KEHC 26128 (KLR) (28 November 2023) (Ruling)
High Court of Kenya · [2023] KEHC 26128 (KLR) · 28 November 2023
Taireni Association of Mijikenda v Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Finance & National Treasury & 3 others (Constitutional Petition 2 of 2023) [2023] KEHC 27039 (KLR) (19 December 2023) (Ruling)
High Court of Kenya · [2023] KEHC 27039 (KLR) · 19 December 2023
Shihua Industry Alliance Limited v Liu & 3 others (Civil Suit 65 of 2022) [2023] KEHC 27083 (KLR) (13 December 2023) (Ruling)
High Court of Kenya · [2023] KEHC 27083 (KLR) · 13 December 2023
Republic v County Secretary, Bungoma County & another; Barasa & another (Exparte Applicants) (Suing as legal representatives of the Estate of the Late Beatrice Nanjala Kombi) (Judicial Review E011 of 2022) [2023] KEHC 27127 (KLR) (8 December 2023) (Ruling)
High Court of Kenya · [2023] KEHC 27127 (KLR) · 8 December 2023
Soud & another v El-Busaidi (Trustees of Sheikh Ali Bin Salim Trust aka Malindi School Trust) (Commercial Case 5 of 2022) [2023] KEHC 27230 (KLR) (14 December 2023) (Ruling)
High Court of Kenya · [2023] KEHC 27230 (KLR) · 14 December 2023
Logitech & Jibril Group Limited v Kenya Ports Authority (Civil Suit E041 of 2023) [2024] KEHC 1443 (KLR) (15 February 2024) (Ruling)
High Court of Kenya · [2024] KEHC 1443 (KLR) · 15 February 2024
Evergreen Horticulture East Africa Limited v China National Aero-Technology Engineering Corporation & another (Civil Appeal E021 of 2022) [2024] KEHC 5282 (KLR) (Civ) (15 April 2024) (Judgment)
High Court of Kenya · [2024] KEHC 5282 (KLR) · 15 April 2024
Kenya Red Cross Society (Emergency Medical Plus Services) v Toyota Kenya Limited (Civil Appeal E825 of 2021) [2024] KEHC 7645 (KLR) (Civ) (20 June 2024) (Judgment)
High Court of Kenya · [2024] KEHC 7645 (KLR) · 20 June 2024