Njoki Ndung'u

Njoki Ndung'u (* 1965 ) is a Kenyan lawyer, politician and judge at the Kenyan Supreme Court .

Life

She grew up as the daughter of a middle class family and attended Kenya High, from which she graduated in 1983. This was followed by a visit to the Valley Secretarial College before the University of Nairobi attended to there jurisprudence to study. After obtaining a law degree there, she studied at the Kenya School of Law before going to Leicester University for a Masters of Laws degree .

In 1993 she began her legal career after a stay in Australia in the State Law Office under Attorney General Amos Wako. In late 1993 she moved to the Institute for Education in Democracy . This institute is concerned with enabling people and institutions to participate in democratic elections. During her two years at the institute, Ndung'u was primarily concerned with education for female voters. This was followed by a job with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This was followed by a position for Women in Law and Development In Africa (WILDAF) , for which she founded the office in Nairobi . During this time she began to campaign not only for women's rights , but also increasingly for human rights. She then worked as a consultant for the Organization for African Unity .

In 2002 she ran for the Kenyan parliament. As a member of parliament, she introduced a law against sexual harassment ( Sexual Offences Act 2006 ) and a law on parental rights and obligations ( Maternity and Paternity Act 2007 ). From 2003 to 2007 she was also a member of the Pan-African Parliament . She was also a member of the expert committee for the drafting of the Kenyan constitution, which was adopted with the constitutional referendum in Kenya in 2010 .

In 2011 she was elected the first female judge on the Supreme Court of Kenya .

Web links

• The Hon. Justice Njoki Ndung'u , Corporates Eprofiles