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Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that merely owning a vehicle does not make you liable when someone you hired it out to causes an accident.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed you can be convicted of theft even for a low-value document, and a flawed trial judgment can be fixed on a

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that a High Court judge's refusal to revise a criminal case cannot be appealed, especially when the compla

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that judges should almost never reject criminal appeals without a hearing, though this appellant's theft convi

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a man jailed for stock theft because courts must take identification of stolen property seriously, not dismiss

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a 16-year-old because the judge never considered the Children and Young Persons Act before sentencing him.

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a salesman because courts must treat suspicion-based evidence as circumstantial and can never shift the burden

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a murder conviction, ruling that child witnesses can be reliable and that prosecutions must give detailed not

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed a burglary conviction because one witness's nighttime identification, however honest, was not enough to prov

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a murder conviction, ruling confessions are admissible if voluntary and substantially true, even with minor p

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed a police officer's corruption conviction because a money trail based on an accomplice's story needed stronge

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that a court cannot increase a criminal sentence years after conviction when the delay is not the accused pers

Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed a robbery-related appeal, confirming that raising complaints about a confession too late will sink them.

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a conviction based on one witness's identification, confirming that minor procedural gaps and vague charges d

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed the Government can be liable for defamatory words spoken by its officers at work, even if unauthorized.

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed three convictions because one witness's inconsistent identification of attackers was too unreliable, and the

A Kenyan custody appeal was struck out because the appellant missed court filing and service deadlines and left a required document out of t

A Kenyan company cannot simply 'adopt' a deal signed before it existed—it must sign a fresh contract after incorporation.

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed a death sentence, ruling that a conviction based only on fingerprint evidence must exclude every other reaso

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that land sale consent issued late is void, and buyers can only recover money paid, not improvements.

Kenya's High Court annulled a debtor's repayment scheme and declared him bankrupt because he failed to pay what he owed and provide the prom