Seasoned Lawyer Faith Odhiambo Becomes Second Woman President Leading Law Society of Kenya
Written by moradio on 1 March 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 1- Lawyers across the country on Thursday voted for a new LSK president to lead for the next two years to succeed Eric Theuri who served from March 2022.
Faith Odiambo a seasoned lawyer who has also been the council’s vice president, won the vote garnering 3,113 votes out the five candidates who participated.
Peter Wanyama came in second with 2,165 votes and Carolyne Kamende came third with 888.
Odhiambo becomes the 51st President and second female president to lead the LSK after former Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo who served between 2001 -2003.
During her campaign, she vowed to deal with all cases of corruption.
“We are lawyers and if we serve the public, we are not going to allow any corrupt officials out to enrich themselves,” she said.
She, at the same time, promised to ensure that the society remains a strong voice for its members and the public as she committed to addressing the challenges of employment for lawyers.
“We have challenges in ensuring young lawyers get work opportunities and that is something that we are working on. During my tenure as the VP, we started a mentorship program to ensure they get briefs and I promise to enhance it,” Odhiambo said.
ABOUT
- She holds an LLB (Hons) from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, a Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law, and an LLM (Hons) in International Commercial Law with European Law from the University of Kent (UK).
- She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-UK (MCIarb).
- She is a Certified Public Secretary (CPS).
- Odhiambo is a PhD student at the University of Nairobi where her research is focused on issues to do with competition law, consumer protection law, telecommunications law, banking law, financial services, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.
- She is also covering societal topics including women’s and children’s rights, climate change, human rights, intellectual property rights, and economic law.
- Showing her passion and dedication to law, Odhiambo serves as a lecturer at the School of Law at UoN, with most of what she teaches touching on her research topics.
- Besides being a member and leader of LSK, she served as board secretary of the Federation of Women Lawyers-Kenya (FIDA-Kenya).
- She is a partner at Ombok and Owuor LLP Advocates and a consulting partner at MMA Advocates and the UoN.
