Article 163(3)(b)(ii) requires national legislation to prescribe the Court's appellate jurisdiction — the Small Claims Court Act does not.
A court is functus officio after sentence, but time already served in remand must count towards the term.
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Akinyi v Ogwari & another
[3]Article 163(3)(b)(ii) of the Constitution confers upon this Court appellate jurisdiction in respect of such matters as may be prescribed by national legislation. The operative words are “as may be prescribed”.
[12]The word “final” admits of no ambiguity in this context. It has never been part of Kenyan law that those words operate to confer a general appellate jurisdiction in the absence of such prescription.
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Frequently asked questions
- What exactly is a CaseHub brief?
- A structured analysis of one judgment: the facts, the questions the court framed, the holding, the ratio, the orders, and a plain-language summary — written from the raw judgment and checked against it.
- How is this different from reading Kenya Law directly?
- Kenya Law gives you the judgment. CaseHub gives you the judgment plus a brief, a citator, judge and topic indexes, and search across all of it. The judgment text is always one click away, so nothing is hidden behind a summary.
- What is Cases?
- The archive of original judgments as they were published — paragraph-numbered, full-text indexed, and stored verbatim. It is the authority you cite; the brief is the way in.
- How many judgments are covered?
- 99,603 decisions across the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, ELRC and the Environment and Land Court, from 1899 to the present.
- Are the briefs legal advice?
- No. Briefs are AI-generated analyses. Always verify against the original judgment before relying on any point in court.
- Can I export a citation?
- Yes. Every case and authority has a citation block in the Kenya Law format, and searches export to .ris for reference managers.
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