Establishment
Establishment
The High Court is established pursuant to Article 165(1) of the Constitution of Kenya.
Section 12(1) of the High Court (Organization & Administration) Act, Cap 8C provides that to facilitate reasonable and equitable access to court services, the Chief Justice in consultation with the Principal Judge of the High Court shall establish at least one High Court station in every county.
The structure of the High Court in Kenya consists of the Principal Judge and not more than two hundred Judges appointed under Article 166(1)(b) of the Constitution.
The Judicial Service Commission may, from time to time, conduct or order the completion of an assessment of the judicial needs and recommend a weighted caseload formula to ascertain the necessary number of Judges.
Over a hundred years
of service to the People of Kenya
The High Court has enabled Kenyans to access Justice.
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Kenya Colony - Order in Council: 27th June 1921
Establishment of the Court of record “ His Majesty’s Supreme Court of Kenya” with full jurisdiction , civil and criminal over all persons and over all matters of the colony.
Order in Council: 1963 & Constitution 1969
Legal Notice 718, Regulation 17 Transitional provisions relating to appeals to Judicial Committee & Art. 60 of the Constitution 1969 , establishment. of the High Court of Kenya (Renaming Supreme Court of Kenya )
Constitution of Kenya: 27th August 2010
Establishment of the High Court of Kenya pursuant to Article 165 of the Constitution upon Promulgation of the Constitution with unlimited overall jurisdiction over criminal and civil matters among others.
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