2025 WINNERS – Access to Justice Edition

A. INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES

External Practitioners’ Categories

Litigation Practitioner of the Year
Winner: Dennis M. Nkarichia – Mohammed Muigai LLP
  • 1st Runner Up: Gillian Neky – Gillian Neky & Co. Advocates
  • 2nd Runner Up: Patrick Nzomo Wambua – Strathmore Law School
Commercial / Conveyancing Practitioner of the Year
Winner: Daniel Kioko Musyoka – MMC Asafo LLP
  • 1st Runner Up: Adnan Khan – ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna LLP
  • 2nd Runner Up: Teddy Enos Ochieng Onyango – Teddy & Co. Advocates
ADR Practitioner of the Year
Winner: Prof. Kenneth Wyne Mutuma – Wyne & Associates
  • 1st Runner Up: Calvin Nyachoti – Nyachoti & Partners Advocates
  • 2nd Runner Up: Jacqueline Oyuyo – Umsizi Law LLP
Civil Society Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Dr. Ruth Nekura Lekakeny – Human Rights & Gender Justice Consultant
  • 1st Runner Up: Philly Janet Anyango – FIDA Kenya
  • 2nd Runner Up: Beverly Achieng Mumbo – Human Rights Defender
Manager / Partner of the Year
Winner: Esther Njiiru Omulele – MMC Asafo LLP
  • 1st Runner Up: Sammy Ndolo – CDH Kenya | Kieti Law LLP
  • 2nd Runner Up: Stephen Njoroge Gikera – Gikera & Vadgama Advocates
Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Ochiel Dudley – Bond Advocates LLP
  • 1st Runner Up: Abbas Esmail – ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna LLP
  • 2nd Runner Up: Rose W. Mbanya – R.W. Mbanya & Co. Advocates

Ancillary Categories

Young Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Dominic Rebello – ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna LLP
  • 1st Runner Up: Prof. Kenneth Wyne Mutuma – Wyne & Associates
  • 2nd Runner Up: Sammy Ndolo – CDH Kenya | Kieti Law LLP
Public Sector Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Faith Mbora Oloo – formerly CAJ
  • 1st Runner Up: Mary Aluvisia Kihamba – NTSA
  • 2nd Runner Up: Judith T. Shamalla – EACC
Law Teacher of the Year
Winner: Dr. Wyckliffe Nyachoti Otiso – Chuka University
  • 1st Runner Up: Prof. Ben M. Sihanya – University of Nairobi
  • 2nd Runner Up: Allan M. Mukuki – Strathmore Law School

B. CORPORATE & IN-HOUSE CATEGORIES

Private Sector Legal Department of the Year
Winner: Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited
  • 1st Runner Up: Britam Holdings PLC
  • 2nd Runner Up: Jubilee Holdings Limited
Public Sector Legal Department of the Year
Winner: Energy & Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA)
  • 1st Runner Up: KNCHR
  • 2nd Runner Up: Kenya Bureau of Standards
Civil Society (Justice & Legal Affairs) Organization of the Year
Winner: Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA)
  • 1st Runner Up: SHOFCO
  • 2nd Runner Up: Defenders Coalition / Justice Defenders (Tied)
SME Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Mohammed Muigai LLP
  • 1st Runner Up: CMS Kenya | Daly Inamdar Advocates LLP
  • 2nd Runner Up: MMC Asafo LLP
Large Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Muthomi & Karanja Advocates
  • 1st Runner Up: MAK & Partners Advocates LLP
  • 2nd Runner Up: Prof. Albert Mumma & Company Advocates

C. JUDICIAL CATEGORIES

Judge of the Year
Winner: Hon. Justice Andrew Bahati Mwamuye – Milimani Constitutional & HR Division
  • 1st Runner Up: Hon. Justice George Vincent Odunga – Court of Appeal
  • 2nd Runner Up: Hon. Justice Patrick Omwenga Kiage – Court of Appeal
Judicial Officer of the Year
Winner: Hon. Festus Terer – Chief Magistrate, Milimani Family Division
  • 1st Runner Up: Hon. Mjeni Mwatsama – Cooperative Tribunal
  • 2nd Runner Up: Hon. Joseph Were – Ruiru Law Courts

D. SPECIAL CATEGORIES

Access to Justice Award
Winner: Wangechi Gichuki – Safaricom PLC
Branch Chair’s Award
Winner: Nazima Malik – Bar-Bench Convener, Commercial Division
Committed Service Award
Winner: Marysheila Oduor – Bar-Bench Convener, Family Division