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Magistrate's Court · 2013–2026

How the Magistrate decides

Every Magistrate judgment in the corpus, read and checked against the original text. These are counts from that corpus, not estimates.

Data current to 7 October 2026 · 2,211 judgments

Quote-grounding: 78% of 110,631 scored briefs verified ≥90%

Court

Supreme CourtCourt of AppealHigh CourtELRCELCIndustrialKadhiMagistrateSmall Claims
Judgments
2,211
2013–2026
Authorities cited
17,157
951 linked in-corpus
Allowed / granted
1,205
in whole or in part
Split benches
0
with a dissent or concurrence

Judgments per year

Magistrate judgments in the corpus, by year of delivery.

10820131720144201511201613520179720181320192520201720214420223002023184202444220258122026

How matters end

What happened to the decision below

The citator signal: a judgment that was reversed should not be cited as good law.

  • set aside in part805
  • affirmed595
  • not applicable366
  • reversed358
  • appeal struck out83
  • varied4

Every authority the Magistrate 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.

2,532 authorities

  1. 1JSM vs ENB176×
  2. 2ROK v MJB171×
  3. 3TPH v NVS155×
  4. 4Raila Odinga & Others vs. IEBC & Others143×
  5. 5Jane Ovuyanzi Raphael (Suing as Legal Representative of Estate of Japheth Amaayi v Salina Transporters83×
  6. 6Kirugi & Another v Kabiya & 3 Others79×
  7. 7Omunyokol Akol Johnson v Attorney General74×
  8. 8Ouma v Nairobi City Council74×
  9. 9Jane Wanjiku Wambui v Anthony Kigamba Hato & 3 others73×
  10. 10New Tyres Enterprises Ltd v Kenya Alliance Insurance Company Ltd72×
  11. 11West (HI) and Sons Ltd v Shepherd71×
  12. 12Nizar Virani t/a Kisumu Beach Resort v Phoenix of East Africa Assurance Co. Ltd70×
  13. 13Nancy Oseko v Board of Governors Masai Girls High School67×
  14. 14Kim Pho Choo v Camden & Islingtom Area Health Authority66×
  15. 15Owners of the Motor Vessel "Lillian S" v Caltex Oil (Kenya) Ltd62×
  16. 16Gatirau Peter Munya v Dickson Mwenda Kithinji & 2 others59×
  17. 17Hahn v Singh54×
  18. 18Joho v Nyange54×
  19. 19Kenya Bus Services Ltd v Humphrey53×
  20. 20Raila Odinga & 2 Others v Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission & 3 Others53×
  21. 21Stanley Maore vs Geoffrey Mwenda53×
  22. 22Morgan v Launchbury48×
  23. 23Kansa v Solanki47×
  24. 24Samuel Kamau Macharia & another v Kenya Commercial Bank Limited & 2 others47×
  25. 25Kaburu Okelo & Partners v Stella Karimi Kobia & 2 Others46×

Who dissents

Judges who wrote separately most often in the Magistrate.

No separately-recorded dissents in the corpus.

Name variants in the source judgments are collapsed.

Bench size

How many judges sat on each judgment.

  • 1 judge
    2193
  • 2 judges
    15
  • 5 judges
    2

Most-interpreted legislation

What it hears

burden of proof1658civil procedure984statutory interpretation947evidence866remedies607criminal law584criminal procedure570standard of proof555judicial discretion526damages508tort law452contract law394

Counts are drawn from AI-extracted briefs of every Magistrate's Court judgment on Kenya Law, each checked against the source text.

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