Gibson Kamau Kuria
Gibson Kamau Kuria (born March 3, 1947 in Mahiga , Nyeri County , Kenya) is a Kenyan lawyer , civil rights activist and recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award .
Life
Gibson Kamau Kuria then visited the Mahiga Intermediate School from 1954 to 1961, the Kagumo High School from 1962 to 1967. In 1971 he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws at the then University of East Africa in Dar es Salaam , Tanzania , a jurisprudential study from. Connecting he studied in the English Oxford on, where he attended the Oxford University a Bachelor of Civil Law acquired.
In 1971 Kuria began his career in the law faculty of the University of Nairobi , initially as a research assistant and from 1974 as a lecturer . During this time he wrote numerous legal articles. From 1975 he became an activist. In 1987 he was arrested and stayed from February 26 to December 12, 1987 without trial in detention .
In 1995 he was elected Secretary General of the East Africa Law Society .
On March 28, 2003 Kuria was appointed by the President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki , as an advisory member of the committee of inquiry into the Goldenberg scandal .
Awards
- 1988: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
- 1990: Rule of Law Award from the American Bar Association
- 1990: Human Rights Watch ’s award
- 1993: Jurists of the Year of the International Commission of Jurists (Kenya Chapter)
- Honorary Doctorate from Lewis & Clark Law School, Oregon, USA
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| SURNAME | Kuria, Gibson Kamau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mahiga , Nyeri County , Kenya |