Council Members

Mr. Theuri is the 50th President of the Law Society of Kenya and the Managing Partner in the Firm of Theuri, Wesonga & Co Advocates and is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with over 18 years of legal experience in both private and corporate sector. He has previously served as the Chairman of the Nairobi Branch and as a Council Member of the Law Society.

Mr. Theuri heads the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department of the firm and is engaged on a continuous basis in criminal and civil litigation. Mr. Theuri has hands on experience in both civil and criminal ligation and has represented clients be it in the main trial or the appellate stages.

With regard to civil litigation Mr. Theuri has represented clients in various aspects of civil litigation be it constitutional litigation, judicial review proceedings, debt recovery, dissolution and winding up of companies, election petitions, employment and labour relations disputes, challenges on the statutory power of sale, succession disputes and all manner of commercial disputes.

Beyond appearing before the courts to defend clients, Mr. Theuri offers pro bono legal services, where he is engaged as counsel watching brief for victims of crime and whose role involves coordinating with the investigating agencies to collect and preserve with a proper chain of custody the necessary evidence and record competent witness statement.

Faith Odhiambo is the Vice President of the Law Society of Kenya and former Board Secretary of the Federation of Women Lawyers-Kenya. She serves as a lecturer at the School of Law at the University of Nairobi and teaches Law of Business Associations, Banking Law, Competition Law and Consumer Protection Law. She is also a Partner at Ombok and Owuor LLP Advocates, based in Nairobi. Faith has experience in litigation, corporate and commercial law, telecommunications law and competition law.

She has also developed expertise in Banking Law, Financial services, Mediation and Arbitration. She was previously working with the Competition Authority of Kenya advising on the interpretation of the legal provisions in regarding violations under restrictive trade practices, merger transactions and consumer protection complaints, advising on merger applications, cases on restrictive trade practices. Faith was part of a team researching competition bottlenecks in mobile financial services in Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She has also been involved in a Retail Market Study of Kenya in 2017, Advisory Projects for Competition in the Mobile financial services in Tanzania, Advisory projects on Spectrum Management in Kenya. Advisory on the National Roaming, Telecommunications Tower Sharing and Termination Rates Network Cost Study 2022-together with Acacia Economics and Tilill Technologies for Communications Authority which involved review the laws and regulations, advisory on competition concerns.

Faith 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 University of Kent (UK). She is also a Certified Public Secretary, is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-UK (MCIarb). She is a PhD student at the University of Nairobi.

Her research interests include Competition Law, Consumer Protection Law, Telecommunications Law, Banking Law, Financial Services, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Women and Children’s rights, Climate Change, Human rights, Intellectual property rights, Economic law.

Philosophy: Service Honoured in December 2021 with the award of Head of State Commendation- Civilian division (HSC), for distinguished service to the country, Mboce is an accomplished Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, scholar and policy consultant. She:

• LSK Council Member (Nairobi Representative)
  • Co-Convener: In-House Counsel & Cross Border Practice Committees
  • Member: Devolution & Audit & Risk Committees

• Practices as an advocate in the name of Njoki Mboce & Company Advocates, handling:
  • Complex political and constitutional litigation
  • Alternative conflict and dispute resolution
  • Public policy advisory
  • Constitutional, legislative and policy drafting.

• Teaches law at the University of Nairobi (UoN), where she is also a Doctoral Scholar. Her teaching courses include:
  • Law, Democracy & Governance
  • Administrative Law
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Maritime Law.

• Former Visiting Fellow at the University of Cape Town, Centre for Comparative Law (South Africa); and the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (New Delhi, India).

• Is an Associate Member of the Association of Maritime Practitioners – Kenya (AssocAMP-K).

• Is a founding member of multi-disciplinary think tanks and centres of excellence including Utafiti Hub (socio-political-economic governance) and Maritime Centre (ocean governance).

• Served as a technical expert to the Steering Committee on the Implementation of the Building Bridges to a United Kenya, appointed by H. E. President Uhuru Kenyatta.

• Is a pro bono trial advocacy trainer with Justice Advocacy Africa and Trial Advocacy Training Institute

• Member of the Kenya Red Cross Society.

Professor Michael Wabwile is an Up-Country Representative on the Council of the Law Society. He is the Convenor of both the Council’s Audit and, Editorial Committees. He was called to the Bar on the 20th February 1997. He is Proprietor at M/s Wabwile & Co Advocates. He served as an Elected Member of the Law Society of Kenya Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal from 2018 to 2021.

Professor Wabwile is the Founding Dean of the Faculty of Law at Egerton University. Previously, he served as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Private Law at Moi University where he founded the Master of Laws degree program in Child and Family Law and was appointed as the first Professor in the Department in 2015. A seasoned expert in Higher Education Law, Compliance and Quality Assurance, Professor Wabwile is a Quality Auditor and Peer Reviewer for the Inter-University Council for East Africa, Commission for University Education and Council of Legal Education. He has served as External Examiner for the University of the Western Cape, University of Pretoria, Makerere University, University of Nairobi and the University of Eldoret. Having served as a Member of the Kenya School of Law Board, he has training and experience in corporate leadership, strategy formulation and execution, policy review, Board dynamics, institutional risk assessment, performance management, executive monitoring and oversight, and, “people skills” generally.

Professor Wabwile holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree of the University of Leicester, a Master of Law degree of the University of Cambridge, a Post-Graduate Diploma of the Kenya School of Law and a Bachelor of Laws degree of the University of Nairobi. He is a recipient of the 8th CB Madan Prize of the University of Nairobi (2020), a Commonwealth Post-Doctoral Academic Fellowship in the United Kingdom (2012-2013), a Post- Doctoral Visiting Fellowship at Fitzwilliam college in the University of Cambridge (2011-2012), a Commonwealth Postgraduate ODA Scholarship UK (1997-1998), and is a Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society (FCCS).