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Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed an extortion conviction because pressuring someone for money can be corruption, not a criminal demand with m

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that if self-defence is raised, the prosecution must disprove it beyond reasonable doubt or the accused must g

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed an extortion conviction because haggling over money, without proof of threats, is corrupt solicitation, not

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that a key found in someone's coat is not enough proof that they possessed drugs locked in another room.

Kenya's Court of Appeal cut a Kshs 100,000 damages award to Kshs 25,000, ruling that breach of contract without proof of actual loss earns o

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a guilty plea to robbery, but ruled unexplained long police custody before plea can void a plea.

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed a theft conviction, ruling that admitting account shortages alone does not prove stealing without evidence o

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that a company cannot be wound up merely because a creditor demands payment—real proof of insolvency is re

If you appeal to Kenya's Court of Appeal and cannot be found to appear, your appeal can be dismissed outright under Rule 70(7), leaving the

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that High Court judges cannot dismiss criminal appeals without considering grounds that raise an accused perso

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that courts can freeze a defendant's bank accounts and assets under Order 39 when the defendant may move m

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld three murder convictions, ruling that video-taped confessions and police statements can be valid evidence if

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that a High Court can only dismiss a criminal appeal without a hearing if it raises just weight of evidence or

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that controlling a drug, even without owning it, counts as possession, and undercover agents' evidence nee

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that physically controlling a drug counts as legal possession, and undercover agents' evidence needs no co

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a man sentenced to death because courts failed to properly scrutinise shaky eyewitness identification evidence

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a family land ruling, confirming judges can apply well-known customary law without proof and rejecting a hidd

Kenya's Court of Appeal cut a manslaughter sentence in half because the trial judge never heard the full personal circumstances of the convi

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that if you start a fight, your victim's self-defence cannot excuse your violent reaction, upholding a five-ye

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that the two-thirds dependency formula in fatal accident claims is not law — dependency must be proven fro

When an appellant dies while a Kenyan criminal appeal is pending, the appeal automatically ends without the court ever deciding whether the

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that a 4-year manslaughter sentence stands where the trial judge already weighed the offender's mitigation

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a man convicted on a child's unsworn testimony because the trial court skipped a mandatory reliability check.

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed a conviction because the first appellate judge had doubts but failed to resolve them in the accused's favour