Ramadhan Mukira, a Kenyan, was on Wednesday, December 4, elected as the new President of the East African Law Society (EALS) at an event by the society in Uganda.
Mukira, a leading lawyer in the country beat his closest competitor, and former LSK President, Nelson Havi, by 273 votes to 139.
“The East Africa Law Society has a new President. Mr. Ramadhan Abubakar Mukira, a leading lawyer from Kenya was elected President at the Society’s 29th Annual General Meeting held at the Speke Resort and Conference Centre, Munyonyo, in Kampala Uganda,” read a press release from the EALS.
He is an accomplished award-winning Kenyan lawyer. He is the founder and Managing Partner at Ramadhan Mukira and Company Advocates, a law firm based in Nairobi.
Newly elected East African Law Society President Ramadhan Mukira
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Ramadhan Mukira
Mukira takes to the helm of the regional law body at a time when the Community is celebrating 25 years.
Dig Deeper: The East Africa Law Society is the umbrella Regional Bar Association of respective national law societies in East Africa (the Law Society of Kenya, Tanganyika Law Society, Uganda Law Society, Zanzibar Law Society, Rwanda Bar Association, Burundi Bar Association, the South Sudan Bar Association and the Ethiopia Federal Advocates Association) together with their individual members.
Where violations persist, the Society takes legal action and is the largest public interest litigator at the East African Court of Justice.
It is among the apex bodies of the East African Community and has Observer Status officially conferred upon it by the East African Community and the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights.
“Within this period, the East Africa Law Society has been critical in supporting the growth of the Community, actively participating in significant legal processes including drafting of protocols, laws and policies governing the Community,” stated EALS.
Ramadhan previously served as the Vice President of EALS. He is set to take over from Justice Dr. Fauz Twaib in his new capacity.
The headquarters of EALS is in Arusha, Tanzania, and has over 35,000 members, with some of the council members including Florida Kabasinga(Secretary General), David Sigano(Chief Executive Officer) and Naomi Byabazaire (Treasurer).
The body is the most important watchdog on human rights, rule of law and good governance, regularly over-sighting the Community processes for compliance.
Former Law Society of Kenya Nelson Havi during a breakfast show on one of the televisions in Kenya.
Nelson Havi