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Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that life imprisonment means 30 years, reducing a defiler's nine life sentences to concurrent 30-year terms.

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that a High Court must fully re-analyse trial evidence on first appeal; failing that, the appeal is re-heard,

Kenya's Court of Appeal paused a High Court ruling striking down tax exemptions, giving Parliament and KRA six months of legal breathing roo

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to pause a land case heading to judgment, ruling the applicant can still appeal whatever the trial judge dec

Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed Afrofreight Forwarders' KES 4.1 million claim, confirming that whoever sues for a debt must prove it.

Kenya's Court of Appeal restored a Kshs 60 million Mombasa lease purchase, ruling the Wakf Commissioners' own letter validly granted transfe

Kenya's Court of Appeal has certified a Covid-19 lease dispute for Supreme Court review, deciding whether the pandemic counts as force majeu

Kenya's Court of Appeal reduced a murder conviction and life sentence to manslaughter with 15 years' imprisonment, ruling a missing murder w

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a robbery conviction but freed a man after 13 years because death sentences can never be imposed on children.

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a police officer's murder conviction but replaced his death sentence with 15 years' imprisonment.

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a gang rape conviction but cut the sentence start date back to when the accused was first arrested.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed a murder conviction based entirely on circumstantial evidence, holding the accused failed to explain what

The Court of Appeal froze a land judgment that cancelled the applicants' titles, keeping ownership on paper unchanged until their appeal is

Kenya's Court of Appeal paused a land trial, ruling a 94-year-old litigant deserved the chance to challenge procedural irregularities before

Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed two police officers' murder appeal, confirming that excessive force can prove murderous intent even withou

Kenya's Court of Appeal more than quintupled damages for a man tortured in police custody, signalling courts will pay real compensation for

The Court of Appeal stopped a brother from executing a land distribution that excluded his four sisters, protecting the property until their

The Court of Appeal refused to block land dealings pending appeal because any harm could be fixed later with money, though it agreed the app

Kenya's Court of Appeal found the High Court wrongly acquitted six murder suspects, but its own legal powers limited it to a declaration, so

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed a robbery conviction but replaced the mandatory death sentence with 15 years' imprisonment, backdated to 2

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed a conviction for incest but replaced the life sentence with 35 years, holding that life imprisonment is no

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a man serving 20 years for defilement because weak, contradictory and delayed evidence left doubt about his gu