Kenol court cases clearance stands at 81.3 percent and the court ranks as one of the best performing courts in the country as far as excellence in the delivery of justice is concerned.
Senior Resident Magistrate Sheila Nyagah observed that since its operationalization on November 12, 2022, the court has had a case workload of 9094 as the total filed cases and that a total number of 7397 cases had been fully resolved and closed.
“As of January 21, 2025 we had handled a total of 9094 cases of which 7397 have been fully resolved and closed and the pending case load currently stands at 1697 cases,” she said during a Court Users Committee (CUC) meeting at Kenol Law courts adding the courts’ cases clearance therefore stands at 81.3 percent.
The Magistrate further noted that the court has now fully embraced the multi door policy in regard to the alternative justice system (AJS) as a way of resolving cases to clear the backlog in the court. Of the 77 matters referred to the AJS, 29 matters have been fully finalized and settled while 48 matters are still pending,” she stated.
The court also introduced mediation in 2023 in a bid to reduce the cases backlog and ensure a speedy resolution of disputes. “So far a total number of 56 cases have been referred for mediation and out of these, 37 have been concluded,” she adding at the mediation registry there are only 19 pending matters.
“The only setback being experienced with mediation is when the parties involved want to be referred back to the court for resolution of their matter.”
Nyagah further lauded the AJS panel that includes elders, sub chiefs, chiefs, the DCC offices in Murang’a south and Ithanga, the ODPP and lawyers for facilitating the resolution of the disputes that would have otherwise burdened the court had they taken a formal route.
She said Kenol town being a highly expanding business hub, the court looks forward to having a small claims court and a court annexed mediation which will enhance speedy resolution of disputes in future.
Kenol Law Courts serves Ithanga and Murang’a South sub counties and has two resident magistrates and one in charge of mahakama popote.
By Florence Kinyua