Wendy Kagendo Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2024 to 2026; busiest year 2025 (104 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (14); Affirmed (3); Affirmed the conviction and sentence (3); Affirmed the conviction and sentence. (2)
• Criminal Miscellaneous Application: Application dismissed (8); The application is dismissed. (3); The court granted the application for anticipatory bail and (1)
• Criminal Revision: Application dismissed (3); The applicants' sentence is reviewed and changed to a non-cu (1); The applicant's sentence was reduced to 7 years and 20 days. (1)
• Criminal: Convicted of murder (3); Conviction and sentence upheld (2); The accused is placed on his defence. (2); The accused is put on his defense. (1)
• Criminal Application: Application dismissed (2)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Criminal Procedure Code (45)
• Penal Code (35)
• Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (17)
• Sexual Offences Act (15)
• Probation of Offenders Act (6)
• Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (6)
• Constitution of Kenya (4)
• Judiciary of Kenya Sentencing Policy Guidelines (4)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from a conviction and sentence (18), Application for review of sentence (9), Appeal from the original trial outcome (9)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 14/43, Affirmed: 3/43, Affirmed the conviction and sentence: 3/43, Affirmed the conviction and sentence.: 2/43
• [Criminal Miscellaneous Application] outcomes — Application dismissed: 8/20, The application is dismissed.: 3/20, The court granted the application for anticipatory bail and conservatory orders.: 1/20, The court orders a declaration that the plea taking, reading out of charges, and continued prosecution are unfounded, malicious, oppressive, and unconstitutional. The court also orders the closure of the file and liberty to ventilate grievances in the civil jurisdiction.: 1/20
• [Criminal Case] outcomes — Life imprisonment: 2/23, Acquitted: 1/23, The court denies bail to the accused persons.: 1/23, The applicant is granted a bond.: 1/23
• [Criminal Revision] outcomes — Application dismissed: 3/24, The applicant is granted bail pending appeal with specified conditions.: 1/24, The applicant's sentence was reduced to 7 years and 20 days.: 1/24, The applicants' sentence is reviewed and changed to a non-custodial sentence with community service.: 1/24
• [Criminal] outcomes — Convicted of murder: 3/22, Conviction and sentence upheld: 2/22, The accused is placed on his defence.: 2/22, The accused is put on his defense.: 1/22

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~11371 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• To serve the balance of the sentence in a non-custodial sentence (1)
• Anticipatory bail and conservatory order (1)
• Bail pending appeal (1)
• Quashing and terminating the orders (1)
• Closure of the file (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.8
• Frequently applied statutes: Criminal Procedure Code (43), Penal Code (35), Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (17), Sexual Offences Act (15), Probation of Offenders Act (6)