The Supreme Court is

• the final court of appeal;
• has authority under Article 130 to exercise all the powers, authority and jurisdiction vested in any court established by the Constitution or any other law;
• having exclusive original jurisdiction in the interpretation and enforcement of the Constitution;
• having exclusive original jurisdiction in all matters on whether an enactment was made in excess of the powers conferred on Parliament or any other authority or person by law or under this Constitution;
• The Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether an official document shall be produced in court where its production or disclosure of the content will be prejudicial to the security of the State or will be injurious to the public interest.
• The Supreme Court has supervisory jurisdiction over all courts and over any adjudicating authorities. In situations where questions about the law are raised, the Supreme Court has the jurisdiction of expressing the final opinion on the matter.
• It is the only court with the right to hear appeals that may come from the National House of Chiefs.
• The Supreme Court has Original jurisdiction in elections, namely Presidential election petition, Appeals from the National House of Chiefs.
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The High Court has

• Jurisdiction to enforce the Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms guaranteed by the 1992 Constitution;
• Supervisory Jurisdiction: Supervisory jurisdiction over all lower courts and any lower adjudicating authority; The High Court also Exercise administrative jurisdiction over administrative bodies, issue prerogative writs, determines appeals from the lower courts.
  Civil Matters: Appeals lie from the District Court to the High Court.
  Criminal Matters: Appeals lie from the District Court to the High Court.
  Civil Matters: Appeals lie from the Circuit Court to the High Court.
• Powers and authority to hear and determine appeals within its jurisdiction.
• The jurisdiction of the Court involves hearing all civil or criminal matters.
• It has the constitutional authority to hear appeals from the District Court or Juvenile Courts as well as criminal appeals that may come from the Circuit Court.
• The High Court has the following divisions
   Commercial
   Land
   General Jurisdiction
   Divorce and Matrimonial
   Probate and Letters of Administration
   Industrial/Labour
   Criminal
   Financial and
   Human Rights
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• Supreme court
• Court of Appeal
• High court/Regional tribunals
• Circuit courts
• District courts

The High Court shall, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, have jurisdiction in all matters and in particular, in civil and criminal matters and such original, appellate and other jurisdiction as may be conferred on it by this Constitution or any other law.

The Circuit court cannot overturn the decision of the High court because the former ranks below in terms of the hierarchy of the law courts.

• Supreme Court
• Court of Appeal
• High court/ Regional Tribunal

• Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court
• High Court to Court of Appeal,
• Circuit Court to Court of Appeal
• District Court to High Court
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