Audio By Vocalize In the past two weeks, public attention in Kenya has been seized by two different but deeply connected stories about power, impunity, and the cost paid by women and girls. Globally, renewed attention to the Epstein files has revived an old question: how can sexual exploitation persist for years in societies that claim to have “strong institutions,” and how can systems frustrate survivors’ access to justice? Back home, the weekend saw a wave of reports, shared by women lawyers, alleging sexual harassment and abuse within Kenya’s legal profession, including claims of rape. Whatever the eventual outcomes of…
Author: By Lucy Minayo
Senior advocate Kyalo Mbobu.[Courtesy] The past week has been a dark one for the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) following the brutal killing of senior advocate Kyalo Mbobu. This tragic incident has robbed the LSK and the country of a distinguished legal practitioner, arbitrator, adjudicator, and law lecturer who trained many advocates. As with many deaths of prominent personalities, his killing has evoked many questions, with many seeking to understand the circumstances surrounding his demise. Barely a day after his murder, copies of a High Court judgment in which a client successfully sued him to recover Sh97 million he…