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Draft Judiciary Artificial Intelligence Policy and draft Practice Directions on AI use in courts

Judiciary of Kenya

last revised 2025-08-11last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

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map categories:Disclosure of AI use in filingsDuty to verify AI outputJudges' use of AIAI barred from deciding casesCourts' own AI deployment

Unverified: we have not yet opened the official document at the linked address. The record is listed for completeness and excluded from search indexes until confirmed.

Kenya's Judiciary is developing an AI Adoption Policy Framework, announced officially in August 2025, and circulated a draft AI Policy with draft Practice Directions for public participation in May 2026. Reporting describes a three-tier risk model, a certificate of human verification for AI-assisted filings, and a bar on AI displacing judicial decision-making. Not in force.

Applies to
judges, court-staff, lawyers, litigants
Effective
See version history
Current version
Announcement of the AI Adoption Policy Framework · 11 Aug 2025
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
judiciary.go.ke/judiciary-to-leverage-ai-to-enhance-justice/

What the document requires

  • Announced aim: guide integration of AI tools while safeguarding judicial independence, data privacy and due process (Judiciary of Kenya, 11 Aug 2025).
  • Reported draft: any AI-assisted filing must be accompanied by a certificate of human verification, placing responsibility on the advocate rather than the tool.
  • Reported draft: three risk tiers — bail assessment and predictive sentencing require mandatory human oversight and audits; legal research requires verification and disclosure; scheduling and transcription face general monitoring.
  • Reported draft: a clear boundary between administrative automation and adjudicative discretion, with AI as decision support only.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Announcement of the AI Adoption Policy Frameworkcurrent2025-08-11Chief Justice Martha Koome confirms the Judiciary is developing an AI Adoption Policy Framework covering case management, legal research, predictive analytics and administrative support. The draft policy text is not published; the record rests on the Judiciary's own announcement and press, so it is unverified.official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Draft Judiciary Artificial Intelligence Policy and draft Practice Directions on AI use in courts" (Judiciary of Kenya, Announcement of the AI Adoption Policy Framework, 2025-08-11), safelegalai.com/regulation/other/ke-judiciary-draft-ai-policy (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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