How the Supreme Court decides
Every Supreme Court judgment in the corpus, read and checked against the original text. These are counts from that corpus, not estimates.
Data current to 25 September 2026 · 918 judgments
Quote-grounding: 78% of 110,631 scored briefs verified ≥90%
- Judgments
- 918
- 2011–2026
- Authorities cited
- 9,320
- 2503 linked in-corpus
- Appeals allowed
- 314
- in whole or in part
- Split benches
- 41
- with a dissent or concurrence
The Court today
The seven judges currently sitting. Portraits from the Judiciary of Kenya.
Judgments per year
Supreme Court judgments in the corpus, by year of delivery.
How matters end
What happened to the decision below
The citator signal: a judgment that was reversed should not be cited as good law.
- affirmed483
- reversed138
- set aside in part126
- appeal struck out73
- varied49
- not applicable49
Every authority the Supreme Court has cited
Every authority relied on more than once, ranked. Those in the corpus link to the brief; the count links to judgments mentioning it.
915 authorities
- 1Gatirau Peter Munya v Dickson Mwenda Kithinji & 2 others267×
- 2Jasbir Singh Rai & 3 others v Tarlochan Singh Rai & 4 others221×
- 3Lawrence Nduttu & 6000 others v Kenya Breweries Ltd & another208×
- 4Nicholas Kiptoo Arap Korir Salat v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & 7 others143×
- 5Peter Oduor Ngoge v Francis Ole Kaparo & 5 others137×
- 6Hassan Ali Joho & another v Suleiman Said Shahbal & 2 others133×
- 7Samuel Kamau Macharia & another v Kenya Commercial Bank Limited & 2 others130×
- 8Hermanus Phillipus Steyn v Giovanni Gnecchi-Ruscone106×
- 9In the Matter of Interim Independent Electoral Commission85×
- 10Mumo Matemu v Trusted Society of Human Rights Alliance & 5 others84×
- 11Fredrick Otieno Outa v Jared Odoyo Okello & 3 others82×
- 12In the Matter of the Speaker of the Senate & another77×
- 13Erad Suppliers & General Contractors Limited v National Cereals & Produce Board64×
- 14Raila Odinga & 2 Others v Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission & 3 Others60×
- 15Teachers Service Commission v Kenya National Union of Teachers & 2 others55×
- 16Daniel Kimani Njihia v Francis Mwangi Kimani & another53×
- 17Rai & 3 others v Rai & 4 others53×
- 18In the Matter of the Principle of Gender Representation in the National Assembly and the Senate52×
- 19Hassan Nyanje Charo v Khatib Mwashetani & 3 others50×
- 20Evans Odhiambo Kidero & 4 others v Ferdinand Ndungu Waititu & 4 others47×
- 21Malcolm Bell v Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi & Another46×
- 22Owners of the Motor Vessel "Lillian S" v Caltex Oil (Kenya) Ltd45×
- 23Francis Karioki Muruatetu & another v Republic & 5 others40×
- 24Kenya Airways Limited v Aviation & Allied Workers Union Kenya & 3 others40×
- 25Sum Model Industries Ltd v Industrial & Commercial Development Corporation39×
Who dissents
Judges who wrote separately most often in the Supreme Court.
Name variants in the source judgments are collapsed.
Bench size
How many judges sat on each judgment.
- 1 judge26
- 2 judges53
- 4 judges8
- 5 judges673
- 6 judges75
- 7 judges83
Most-interpreted legislation
What it hears
Counts are drawn from AI-extracted briefs of every Supreme Court of Kenya judgment on Kenya Law, each checked against the source text.
A note on accuracy. These pages are generated automatically from our AI-written case briefs and have not been checked by a lawyer. Case titles and citations come from Kenya Law; the counts, topics, propositions and “treatment” labels are derived from the briefs and can be incomplete or wrong. Use them as a research aid and always read the original judgment before relying on anything here. This is not legal advice.