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Succession-law [2026] KECA 762 (KLR)

Otande & 3 others v Akhonya

Otande & 3 others v Akhonya (Civil Application E159 of 2025) [2026] KECA 762 (KLR) (24 April 2026) (Ruling)

The Court of Appeal held that no leave was required to appeal a High Court succession decision and allowed the applicants to proceed with their appeal.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Right-of-appeal
  • Mistake-of-counsel
  • Leave-to-appeal
  • Polygamous-succession
  • Succession-law
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Criminal-law [2026] KECA 761 (KLR)

EOA v Republic

EOA v Republic (Criminal Application E051 of 2025) [2026] KECA 761 (KLR) (24 April 2026) (Ruling)

The Court of Appeal granted an incarcerated applicant extra time to file a criminal appeal, citing delay in obtaining documents, severe sentence, and lack of prejudice to the respondent.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Right-of-appeal
  • Incest
  • Sentencing
  • Criminal-appeal
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Civil-procedure [2026] KEHC 4464 (KLR)

Adongo v Peter & another (Suing as the Legal Representatives of the Estate of Peter Mboya Mutisya - Deceased)

Adongo v Peter & another (Suing as the Legal Representatives of the Estate of Peter Mboya Mutisya - Deceased) (Miscellaneous Civil Application E018 of 2025) [2026] KEHC 4464 (KLR) (2 April 2026) (Ruling)

The High Court granted leave to appeal out of time after finding satisfactory reasons for delay, but imposed strict filing, security, and prosecution deadlines.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Leave-to-appeal
  • Right-of-appeal
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Civil-procedure
  • Security-for-costs
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Criminal-law [2026] KECA 657 (KLR)

Wachira v Republic

The Court of Appeal allowed a prisoner's application to file an appeal out of time, granted 14 days to file a notice and 21 days for the record, and waived filing fees.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Leave-to-appeal-out-of-time
  • Pauper-status
  • Notice-of-appeal
  • Record-of-appeal
  • Right-of-appeal
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Criminal-law [2026] KECA 599 (KLR)

Ochango v Republic

The Court of Appeal at Kisumu allowed an application to extend time to file and serve a notice of appeal out of time in a defilement matter.

  • Defilement
  • Extension-of-time
  • Notice-of-appeal
  • Right-of-appeal
  • Delay-in-filing-appeal
  • Criminal-appeal
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Criminal-law [2026] KECA 312 (KLR)

Daniel Osoro Mose v Republic

The Court of Appeal granted Daniel Osoro Mose leave to appeal out of time after finding the delay was explained and beyond his control.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Leave-to-appeal-out-of-time
  • Murder
  • Right-of-appeal
  • Delay-in-filing-appeal
  • Criminal-appeal
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Civil-procedure [2026] KECA 54 (KLR)

Jonathan Daniel Mturi & Patience Sikukuu Mturi v Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Limited & Stephen Karanja Kangethe t/a Dalali Traders Auctioneers

The Court of Appeal granted leave to file and serve a notice and record of appeal out of time, finding the delay explained and no real prejudice shown.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Notice-of-appeal
  • Record-of-appeal
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Delay-in-filing
  • Public-auction-of-charged-property
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Civil-procedure [2026] KECA 112 (KLR)

Maria Njoroge & 3 others v Laico Regency Hotel Nairobi

The Court of Appeal allowed an application to extend time for lodging an appeal, finding the about-50-day delay was not overly inordinate and could be excused.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Late-filing-of-notice-of-appeal
  • Late-filing-of-memorandum-of-appeal
  • Advocate-negligence-and-delay
  • Court-of-appeal-rules-rule-4
  • Court-of-appeal-rules-rule-77
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Criminal-law [2026] KECA 60 (KLR)

Wego v Republic

Wego v Republic (Criminal Application E058 of 2025)

The Court of Appeal at Kisumu allowed an unopposed application to extend time, enabling Wilson Ominde Wego to file a notice of appeal out of time.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Right-of-appeal
  • Discretionary-relief
  • Sentencing
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Appellate-procedure
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Criminal-law [2026] KECA 43 (KLR)

Otieno v Republic

The Court of Appeal at Kisumu allowed an unopposed application to extend time for filing a notice of appeal, finding the delay excusable for an imprisoned self-represented applicant.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Notice-of-appeal
  • Late-filing
  • Incarcerated-litigant
  • Right-of-appeal
  • Certified-proceedings-and-judgment
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