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Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a murder conviction and death sentence, confirming that a corroborated dying declaration plus strong circumst

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a defilement conviction but cut a life sentence to 20 years because the child victim's age wasn't properly pr

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed a robbery conviction and death sentence, ruling that eyewitness identification of a stranger in poor lightin

Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed a robbery appeal because the conviction challenge was abandoned earlier — you cannot revive abandoned grou

Kenya's Court of Appeal reduced a murder conviction to manslaughter because the prosecution proved the killing but not the intent behind it.

Kenya's Court of Appeal cut a life sentence to 20 years because the girl's exact age was not conclusively proved, but confirmed the defileme

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a 'guilty but insane' finding against a man who killed his father, confirming such findings can be appealed b

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a man convicted of incest because the first appeal judge failed to properly re-examine the evidence, as the la

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that police OB entries aren't required to name suspects; a witness's statement to police can validate iden

The Court of Appeal dismissed a landowner's challenge to a tribunal's land division ruling, because he waited too long to appeal.

Kenya's Court of Appeal slashed a safari club's debt bill from USD 5,336 to USD 1,652 after finding the trial judge ignored the club's count

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to restore a church's dismissed appeal because the restoration application was filed 84 days late under Rule

The Court of Appeal refused to send a private land boundary dispute to the Supreme Court, confirming only matters of genuine public importan

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that in a double sale of land, the first buyer who paid for the land wins, unless the other party proves f

Kenya's Court of Appeal voided a High Court judgment because it was not signed and dated, and sent the case back for a fresh hearing.

The Court of Appeal refused to send a land dispute to the Supreme Court because the case was personal to the applicant, not a matter of gene

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to extend appeal time because an existing notice of appeal was already on record and the long delay went une

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to pause a money judgment because the winning party could repay it if the appeal later succeeded.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed it can review its own decisions, but only in rare cases involving fraud, bias or clear injustice.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed it can review its own judgments, but only sparingly, dismissing a bid to reopen a land ownership case afte

The Court of Appeal confirmed it cannot stop a magistrate's court criminal case using rule 5(2)(a), leaving Kethi Kilonzo's trial to continu

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a man convicted of robbery because the case rested on one weak identification, confirming convictions need sol

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a man convicted of murder because the evidence was only circumstantial suspicion, not proof beyond reasonable

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that a land ownership dispute never justifies demolishing someone else's structures, and second appeals can't

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to stop the Senate from debating Narok County's Mara Conservancy revenue, ruling the County failed to show r