Owuor Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 1983 to 2026; busiest year 2025 (26 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (19); Affirmed (6); Appeal allowed (4); Appeal upheld (2)
• Appeal: Granted (4); Appeal dismissed (3); Leave granted (2)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (2); Appeals allowed, convictions and sentences quashed, appellan (2); Appeals dismissed (1); The appeal is dismissed and the conviction and sentence are (1)
• Family Appeal: Appeal dismissed (2); Appeal upheld, learned magistrate's order set aside. (1)
• Civil Suit: The plaintiff is awarded 95,574 in general damages and 2,219 (2); Judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of Kshs 40,000 in g (2)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Rules (8)
• Civil Procedure Act (7)
• Penal Code (3)
• Stamp Duty Act (3)
• Evidence Act (3)
• Law of Succession Act (2)
• Constitution of Kenya (2)
• 2010 Constitution of Kenya (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Second Appeal (14), Appeal from conviction and sentence (5), Application for stay of execution in an intended appeal (4)
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 16/115, Appeal allowed: 12/115, Application dismissed: 6/115, Dismissed: 6/115
• [Civil Application] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 4/19, Dismissed: 4/19, Denied the applicant's request for a stay of execution in an intended appeal.: 1/19, The application is hereby marked as withdrawn with costs to the respondent.: 1/19
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 9/53, Dismissed: 5/53, Granted: 3/53, Application dismissed: 2/53
• [civil appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed with costs: 2/8, The motion is struck out with costs to the respondents.: 1/8, The application is hereby stood over to 9th of September, 1998.: 1/8, Appeal dismissed: 1/8
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 29/63, Appeal allowed: 3/63, Appeals dismissed: 2/63, Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence quashed: 2/63

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~7213 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Costs of the application to be in the appeal. (2)
• The costs to be in the intended appeals. (2)
• Payment of Shs.1,444,000/= for damages for loss of user and interest at 12% per annum from 28th September, 1992 till date of payment (1)
• Stay of execution (1)
• Redelivery of the aircraft (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.2
• Frequently applied statutes: Penal Code (17), Civil Procedure Rules (15), Criminal Procedure Code (11), Civil Procedure Act (8), Law of Succession Act (3)