NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 15 – The Judiciary has achieved a 99 percent case clearance rate for matters filed during the 2023/2024 fiscal year, which ended on June 30. A total of 509,664 cases were resolved out of the 516,121 new cases recorded. The report, launched on Friday and titled “State of the Judiciary and Administration of Justice FY 2023/2024,” indicated that criminal cases accounted for 57 percent of the filings, reflecting a 3 percent decrease from the previous year. The report highlighted improved efficiency in the courts, with a 14 per cent increase in resolved criminal cases and a 32 percent rise in civil case resolutions, leading to a reduction in the case backlog. “However, pending cases rose by 1.2 per cent, from 625,643 to 649,310, particularly affecting the Supreme
