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Akinyi v Ogwari & another
Supreme Court cannot hear appeals from Small Claims Court cases because the law says High Court decisions are final. Koome CJ wrote for a unanimous bench (Mwilu DCJ, Wanjala, Ndungu, Lenaola JJSC). See section 38 of the Small Claims Court Act; Article 163(3)(b)(ii) of the Constitution.
Topics: jurisdiction · constitutional interpretation · statutory interpretation — read the brief →
Wafula v Maru
Application for certification of appeal dismissed — leave refused on general public importance; land-law dispute did not disclose a point of law of general public importance.
Topics: certification · general public importance · land law — read the brief →
Samuel Kamau Macharia & another v Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd & 2 others
A court's jurisdiction flows from the Constitution or statute; without it, a court must down its tools.
Topics: jurisdiction — read the brief →
Jamila Maalim Hussein Eymoi v Republic
Courts cannot revisit past sentences, but must credit time already served in remand. Onyiego J: the court is functus officio as to sentence, yet Article 165 requires remand credit.
Topics: criminal procedure · sentencing · constitutional law — read the brief →
Okello v Rombo
Petition struck out — certification of general public importance not established; jurisdiction not properly engaged.
Topics: jurisdiction · certification — read the brief →
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