Appeals sit near the top of the legal system.<\/p>\n
When a case reaches that level, it often means the stakes are high – business disputes, civil conflicts or complex legal questions.<\/p>\n
The CJ has gazetted new Court of Appeal stations in Kakamega and Meru, with a new sub-registry in Embu, expanding the country\u2019s appellate court network.<\/p>\n
New Court of Appeal stations are shortening the distance to justice – a quiet but important step in strengthening the institutions that make a country work.<\/p>\n Small Claims Courts<\/strong><\/p>\n While appellate courts shape the big legal questions, Small Claims Courts are where everyday business realities show up.<\/p>\n New Small Claims Court stations have been gazetted in Kiambu, Vihiga, Bungoma and Homa Bay.<\/p>\n They handle lower-value disputes quickly and affordably – the kind that affect traders, contractors, suppliers and small entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n Small Claims Court work especially well for the Hustler Economy often struggling with delayed payments, broken contracts or unpaid services.<\/p>\n Before these courts expanded, many of these disputes simply went unresolved with the process too slow or too expensive.<\/p>\n Quiet Systems That Move Countries Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n Big development stories usually come with ribbon cuttings – roads, bridges, markets, housing blocks.<\/p>\n Judicial reforms rarely get that kind of attention.<\/p>\n But the countries people admire for their order and prosperity didn\u2019t just build infrastructure.<\/p>\n They built institutions that worked: courts that were accessible, with predictable laws and systems that people trust.<\/p>\n Kenya\u2019s judiciary expansion is part of that quieter story.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t make dramatic headlines – but bringing justice closer to communities strengthens something deeper:<\/p>\n The everyday functioning of the country.<\/em><\/p>\n And in the long run, that kind of stability is what allows economies – and societies – to grow with confidence.<\/p>\n Because sometimes progress isn\u2019t about building something new.<\/p>\n It\u2019s simply about making the system work where people actually live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s easy to think of courts as purely legal spaces, but they are an important cog in the economy chain. Every business deal, every contract, every loan agreement rests on one simple question: What happens if something goes wrong? If disputes take years to resolve, businesses become cautious. If courts are difficult to access, small […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6067,"featured_media":232731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-parts\/template3.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[140403,140402,140404],"class_list":["post-232730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-cj-martha-koome-news","tag-court-of-appeal-kenya-news","tag-small-claims-court-news"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/images-2026-03-09T192543.472.jpeg\")