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State of <strong>Judiciary</strong> 2011-2012<br />
21<br />
3. Nakuru 23 132<br />
4. Kisumu 52 174<br />
5. Eldoret 28 88<br />
6. Mombasa 28 105<br />
TOTAL 326 1914<br />
Criminal Appeal<br />
No.<br />
Registry/ Sub<br />
Registry<br />
Cases Filed<br />
July 2011 –<br />
June 2012<br />
1. Nairobi 27 909<br />
2. Nyeri 28 447<br />
3. Nakuru 24 818<br />
4. Kisumu 34 903<br />
5. Eldoret 13 268<br />
6. Mombasa 25 805<br />
TOTAL 151 4150<br />
Civil Applications<br />
No.<br />
Registry/ Sub<br />
Registry<br />
Cases Filed<br />
July 2011 –<br />
June 2012<br />
1. Nairobi 235 474<br />
2. Nyeri 27 56<br />
3. Nakuru 19 49<br />
4. Kisumu 35 28<br />
5. Eldoret 23 23<br />
6. Mombasa 17 13<br />
TOTAL 356 643<br />
Source: <strong>Judiciary</strong><br />
Pending Cases as at June 2012<br />
Pending Cases as at June 2012<br />
<strong>The</strong> Court of Appeal currently has 11 judges, seven of whom were<br />
appointed in 2012. With 6,707 cases pending in court, each of the<br />
11 judges has a burden of 609 cases if they were to be divided up<br />
between them. Court of Appeal cases are, however, heard by a<br />
bench of three judges at a time. <strong>The</strong> recruitment of another 15<br />
judges is under way, and will be concluded before the end of the<br />
year as part of the response to the case backlog. Additionally, the<br />
Court of Appeal will be decentralised to Nyeri and Kisumu, where<br />
the highest number of cases has been filed.<br />
2.3 High Court<br />
Article 165 of the Constitution establishes the High Court and gives it<br />
original jurisdiction in all criminal and civil matters, and in interpreting<br />
the Bill of Rights. <strong>The</strong> High Court has appellate jurisdiction over the
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