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In Geoffrey M. Asanyo & 3 others v Attorney General [2018] eKLR, the Supreme Court grappled with two questions; when does a consent by the parties transmute into an Order of the Court? What is the role of the Court in the adoption of the consent?
The Supreme Court in the matter of Fredrick Otieno Outa v Jared Odoyo Okello & 3 others [2017] eKLR settled the question whether it has jurisdiction to review its own Judgments, Rulings or Orders, and if so, what is the scope of such jurisdiction?
The Supreme Court of Kenya, on Friday 6th December 2019, circumscribed a narrow jurisdiction for the Court of Appeal, to be where the High Court makes a manifest error of law. In its judgment in Nyutu Agrovet Limited v Airtel Networks Kenya Limited; Chartered Institute the Court observed that a party aggrieved by the decision…
On 14th December 2017 the Supreme Court in Francis Karioko Muruatetu & another v Republic [2017] eKLR altered the mandatory death penalty for convicted murderers and held that the mandatory death sentence is “out of sync with the progressive Bill of Rights” in Kenya’s 2010 Constitution and an affront to the rule of law.