Section O

Kadhi's Court: court fees

17 fee items, straight from the Judiciary's Court Fees Assessment Schedule. Fixed fees run from KSh 100 to KSh 2,000. Nothing in this section moves with the amount claimed.

Kadhi's Court fees from the Court Fees Assessment Schedule
#	What you are filing	Fee
1	Plaint or Originating Summons or counter claim This one fee covers Plaint Taking particulars of plaint or OS or Petition Verifying affidavit List of witnesses List of documents Annexures for the first one hundred pages or twenty five Megabytes of data Summons to enter appearance	KSh 1,500
2	Defense This one fee covers Memorandum of appearance Statement of defense or answer to petition Statement of Admission List of witnesses List of documents Annexures for the first one hundred pages or twenty five Megabytes of data	KSh 200
3	Reply to defense or counterclaim	KSh 100
4	All Applications This one fee covers Notice of Motion, Chamber summons or Miscellaneous Application Order Decree Certificate Notice to show cause Warrant of arrest Warrant of attachment Proclamation Warrant of sale Return of warrant Notice of sale	KSh 500
5	Application under Certificate and Urgency This one fee covers Certificate of Urgency Notice of Motion or Chamber summons or Miscellaneous Application Order	KSh 500
6	Request for judgment This one fee covers Request Affidavit	KSh 300
7	Attestation or commissioning or certification	KSh 100
8	Advisory opinion on marriage, Divorce, Succession & Matters of personal status	KSh 500
9	Informal divorce	KSh 500
10	Probate Applications This one fee covers Application for grant Application for confirmation Citation	KSh 1,000
11	Marriage cause (Certification)	KSh 500
12	Solemnization of marriage	KSh 2,000
13	Marriage cause - celebrated outside Kenya (Certification)	KSh 1,000
14	Objection to a petition	KSh 300
15	Revocation of grant	KSh 250
16	Kafala (Guardianship) application	No fee
17	Commissioning of Marriage affidavit	KSh 200

Source: The Judiciary of Kenya, Court Fees Assessment Schedule, section O, page 16 of the published PDF. In force from 1 July 2021. Transcribed by hand from the page image on 2026-09-14 because the published file carries no text layer.

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