Mwita Mutuku Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2022 to 2025; busiest year 2022 (11 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Petition: Application dismissed (1)
• Criminal: Not Guilty (1); Not guilty (1)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (1)
• Civil: Appeal dismissed (1)
• Civil Suit: The court declines to grant prayers (a) and (b) of the Plain (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Penal Code (3)
• Civil Procedure Act (2)
• Evidence Act (2)
• Order 40 Rule 1 (1)
• Article 159(2)(d) (1)
• Criminal Procedure Code (1)
• Magistrate's Court Act, No. 26 of 2015 (1)
• Matrimonial Property Act, No. 49 of 2013 (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from original trial (5), Respondent's Application for Orders (1), Respondent raised a preliminary objection (PO) to the application (1)
• [Adoption] outcomes — Adoption order granted: 1/1
• [Petition] outcomes — Application dismissed: 1/1
• [Miscellaneous Civil Application] outcomes — The application was allowed.: 1/1
• [Succession] outcomes — Grant of probate revoked, grant of letters of administration de bonis non granted to the applicant: 1/4, The grant of letters of administration was confirmed.: 1/4, The estate of the deceased is confirmed and divided equally between the two widows.: 1/4, The court dismissed the three protests and awarded costs to the administratrices.: 1/4
• [Criminal] outcomes — Not Guilty: 1/2, Not guilty: 1/2

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~22975 words
• Single-judge

Remedy patterns

• Revocation of grant of probate (1)
• Appointment of new administrators (1)
• Contempt of court orders against the Applicant (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.2
• Frequently applied statutes: Penal Code (3), Civil Procedure Act (2), Evidence Act (2), Children’s Act, 2001 (1), Order 40 Rule 1 (1)