The High Court of Kenya is a court of unlimited original jurisdiction in criminal and civil matters established under article 165 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 as part of the Kenyan Judiciary.
It also has supervisory jurisdiction over all other subordinate courts and any other persons, body or authority exercising a judicial or quasi-judicial function.
The current Principal Judge of the Court is Erick Kennedy Ogola who was elected on September 15, 2022, for a non-renewable five-year term.
Under the repealed Constitution of Kenya, the Registrar of the High Court was the overall chief administrator of the Judiciary.
Post 2010 Constitution Under the 2010 Constitution, the Registrar of the High Court serves as the administrator of the High Court only and reports to the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary who is the overall administrator of the Judiciary.