Kambuni, Lucy Muthoni (Kenya)

Curriculum vitae

Personal data

Name: Lucy Muthoni Kambuni, SC

Date of birth: 17 January 1961
Nationality: Kenyan
Marital status: Married with adult children aged 28, 30 and 32
Languages: English, Kiswahili and French

Membership of professional societies

 Law Society of Kenya
 East Africa Law Society
 National Bar Association (U.S.A)

Key qualifications and achievements

 Legal practitioner for over thirty-two (32) years and has practised variously in law including
in corporate, commercial, constitutional, elections and criminal law.

 Has acted as Counsel for various clients including Insurance Regulatory Authority,
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Commission for Implementation of the
Constitution, Transition Authority, The National Assembly, Kenya Power & Lighting
Company Limited, Commission for University Education, UAP Insurance Company Ltd,
Retirement Benefits Authority, Co-operative Bank of Kenya Limited and the Attorney
General.

 In 2013 and 2017, acted as Counsel for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries
Commission in election petitions filed in the Supreme Court of Kenya, that challenged the
outcome of Presidential Elections.

 October 2016: Commissioner to the Commission for University Education.

 March 2015: Appointed by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Kenya as the
Lead Assisting Counsel to the Commission of Inquiry into the Petition to Suspend the
Makueni County Government.

 October 2014: Trustee Certificated under the Trustee Development Program, Kenya.

 August 2014: Appointed by the Honourable the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya as
Member to the Employment and Labour Relations Rules Committee and currently serves as
Vice Chairperson to the Committee.

 11 December 2012: Conferred the rank of Senior Counsel (SC) by His Excellency, the
President of the Republic of Kenya pursuant to Section 17 (1) of the Advocates Act Chapter
16 of the Laws of Kenya, in recognition of exemplary service to the legal and public service.

 November 2012-November 2013: Nairobi, Consultant for UN Women for ‘Gender Analysis of
the Devolution Process to Inform Medium Term Plan II’.

 2012: Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, Alexander Forbes Retirement Fund, Nairobi.

 July 2012: Appointed by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Kenya as Lead
Assisting Counsel, Commission Investigating the Crash of Helicopter 5Y-CDT in the Kibiku
Forest, Ngong on 10 June 2012.

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 May 2012 – December 2012: Resource Person for the Kenya National Integrated Civic
Education Program Media Campaign, a sustainable program of civic education on the
Constitution of Kenya, 2010 through television and radio, Nairobi.

 11 May 2012: Attended the State Law Office’s Heads of Department Retreat on Institutional
Review as a consultant and made a presentation titled ‘Overview of the State Law Office in the
National and County Governments Under the Constitution of Kenya 2010’, Naivasha.

 20 April 2012: Made a presentation titled ‘Devolution of Services’ at the Legal Compliance
Audit & Oversight of Public Institutions’ hosted by the Kenya School of Law, Mombasa

 13 April 2012: Attended a Workshop on Leadership and Integrity for the Ethics and Anti-
Corruption Commission as a consultant and delivered a presentation titled ‘Devolution,
County Governments and their Implication to the War Against Corruption’, Naivasha.

 January- March 2012: Member of the Working Committee (appointed by the Hon. Attorney
General) to Advise the Government on the case before the International Criminal Court
involving Kenya Citizens. The Report was submitted to the Attorney General.

 January- February 2012: Resource Person to the Public Sector Forum for Senior Public
Officers Training of Trainers under the auspice of the ‘Kenya National Integrated Civic
Education Program’ and made presentations on ‘Concept and Principles of Devolution’ and
‘Governance of the Counties and Inter-Governmental Relations’, Nairobi.

 January 2012: Carried out a peer comprehensive review of the ‘Synopsis of the Constitution’
civic materials for the Kenya National Integrated Civic Education Program as a consultant for
the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, Nairobi.

 16 December 2011: Attended the Induction Workshop for the Independent Electoral and
Boundaries Commission as a consultant and delivered a presentation titled ‘Electoral
Management Framework in Kenya’, Naivasha, Kenya.

 19 November 2011: Attended a Workshop for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries
Commission as a consultant and delivered a presentation titled ‘The Independent Electoral
and Boundaries Commission Act’, Naivasha, Kenya.

 2-5 November 2011: Attended the induction workshop for the Judges and Magistrates Vetting
Board as a consultant and made two presentations: ‘The Judges and Magistrates Vetting
Board and Stakeholders’ and ‘The Mandate of the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board’,
Naivasha, Kenya.

 25 October 2011: Participated as a consultant at the Annual Planning Retreat of the GoK –
UN Joint Programme on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (JP-Gewe) and made
a presentation titled ‘Gender and the Administrative / fiscal devolution’, Mombasa, Kenya.

 25-26 June 2011: Attended a Workshop for the Retirement Benefits Authority as a consultant
and delivered a presentation titled ‘Impact of the New Constitution on Structure and
Operations’, Naivasha, Kenya.

 February 2008 to April 2011: Lecturer, Kenyatta University School of Law (taught Legal
Research and Methods amongst other units).

 24 January 2011: Attended the induction workshop of the Commission for Implementation of
the Constitution and participated as a discussant in ‘Fundamental Reforms under the
Constitution: Judicial, Electoral, Security, Law and Order Reforms’, Naivasha, Kenya.

 March- July 2010: Consultant for ‘The Provision of Technical Support and Advice on the
Constitutional Reform Process Under the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and
Constitutional Affairs’ and undertook a study and issued a report on ‘Devolved Government

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 under the Proposed Constitution of Kenya’. Variously made presentations on the subject at
the Ministry’s ‘Public Constitutional Dialogue with Experts on the Proposed Constitution of
Kenya’, a series of public meetings held around the country in the run-up to the Referendum.

Attended Radio Talk-Shows on the Proposed Constitution on behalf of the Ministry, Nairobi.

 March 2010: As Vice Chairperson to the Task Force on Devolved Government, was a
member of the Government Team sponsored by the German and French Governments to
France and Germany for a study tour on devolution .

 October 2010- September 2011: Vice Chairperson, Task Force on Devolved Government
(under the Ministry of Local Government) (The Task Force produced a report and drafted six
pieces of legislation namely: The Urban Areas and Cities bill, The Intergovernmental
Relations bill, the Transition to Devolved Government bill and the County Government bill
which have since, with modifications, been passed as law. Further, several elements of the
Task Force’s proposed County Government Financial Management law have been
incorporated into the Public Finance Management Act which has been enacted as law.

 May 2010: Convenor, Law Society Committee on Civic Education for the Proposed
Constitution of Kenya, Nairobi.

 July 2009, presented a paper titled ‘The Kriegler Report: Elements of Electoral Reform’ at the
induction workshop for the Interim Independent Electoral Commission and Interim
Independent Boundaries Review Commission, Naivasha, Kenya.

 26-29 October 2008: facilitated a training workshop (including making various presentations)
for chairpersons and Clerks of Committees of the East African Legislative Assembly on
managing committees and meetings of the Assembly, Arusha.

 March-September 2008: Commissioner, Independent Review Commission (IREC) (Kriegler

Commission), that looked into the General Elections held in Kenya on 27 December 2007, and
was established pursuant to the settlement brokered by the Kofi Annan led Panel of Eminent
African Personalities.

 December 2007- January 2012: Acting Chairman, Tourism Trust Fund.

 2006-2010: Council Member, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.

 2006: Member of the Multi-Sectoral Review Steering Committee, a joint initiative by the
Government, Political Parties and Non-State Actors, tasked to review the Constitution of
Kenya, Nairobi.

 2006: Member, Law Society Standing Committee on Constitutional Review (the outcome was
a Draft Constitution for Kenya by the LSK), Nairobi.

 2005: Trustee Alexander Forbes Retirement Fund, Kenya.

 2005-2009: Director Kenya Private Sector Alliance.

 2005-2012: Trustee Tourism Trust Fund (an initiative by the European Union and
Government of Kenya).

 2004-October 2007: Member, Council of Legal Education.

 February 2005: Member to the Task Force on the Development of Policy and Framework for
Legal Education and Training in Kenya (the outcome was the Report which formed the
foundation of far reaching reforms and regulation of Legal Education).

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  2005: successfully handled, on behalf of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission,
Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 677 of 2005, Patrick Ouma Onyango & 12 Others vs
Honourable Attorney- General, the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission and the
Electoral Commission of Kenya. This was a landmark case in the constitutional history of
Kenya as the decision of the Court cleared the legal hurdles towards the successful conduct of
the Referendum on 21 November 2005.

 June 2004: Led the Law Society of Kenya delegation to London to present before the Council
of Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association a bid for Kenya to host the 2007 Commonwealth
Lawyers’ Conference. The Kenyan Bar won the bid.

 2004-2005: Vice-Chairman, Law Society of Kenya.

 2003-2009: Governing Council Member, Mater Hospital.

 2003-2005: Ad hoc Panel Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Law Society of
Kenya.

 2003: Chairman, Law Society of Kenya Committee Investigating corruption in the Judiciary
(the Report by the Committee was submitted to the then Chief Justice Hon. Evans Gicheru).

 2002-2003: Regulatory Committee Member of the NGO Council.

 November 2000: Attended a Special Member Course for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

 September 1996: Enrolled as a Notary Public.

 1-30 April 1995: Participated in an Exchange Program organized by the National Bar
Association (United States of America) in Washington DC, which included representatives
from four other African Countries namely, Uganda, Tanzania, and Ghana. The program
included consultations and workshops to equip the participants in conference planning and
management and issue formulation, developing strategies for professional bar associations,
and networking to provide linkages between African and American Bar Associations.

 1995: In Washington D.C. A Founder Member of the East Africa Law Society.

 August 1990: Appointed a Commissioner for Oaths.

Management and administration experience includes:

 Strategic planning and new business development

 Maintenance of clients and relations
 Maintaining good working relationships with the Judiciary, Attorney General’s Chambers and
other key government departments
 Managing the daily engagements of a busy law firm including staff recruitment, performance
evaluation, and financial planning and, also, the various engagements with Public and Private
Sector.

Education

2005 Master of Laws (LLM) in Public International Law

(International Criminal Law, International Litigation and
Conflict Resolution, International Air and Space Law and
International Human Rights. Additional Units studied
include Comparative Constitutional Law, International
Intellectual Property Law, Law and Economics,
International Environmental Law and International
Humanitarian Law.

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16 September 1985 Admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.

1985 Diploma Certificate at the Kenya School of Law.

1984 – 1985 Kaplan & Stratton Advocates, Nairobi

Pupillage program in partial compliance of the award of a
diploma by the Kenya School of Law.

1980 – 1984 University of Nairobi, Faculty of Law Second Class

Honours (Upper Division).

1978 – 1979 Alliance Girls’ High School; Advanced Level Education

(three principles and one subsidiary (16 points).

1974 – 1977 Alliance Girls’ High School for Secondary

Education (O-level) Division 1(13 points).

Employment record

5 May 2006 - present Founder and Sole Proprietor, L.M. Kambuni & Associates
Advocates, Nairobi.

2007 - 2012 Lecturer, Kenya School of Law, Nairobi.

2008 - 2011 Lecturer, Kenyatta University School of Law, Nairobi.

1 August 1991- Partner, Kambuni & Githae Advocates, Nairobi.

4 May 2006

17 September 1985- Advocate (in the Litigation Department); Kaplan

31 July 1991 Stratton Advocates, Nairobi.

Certificates of recognition

 2006: Law Society of Kenya

 November 2005: East Africa Law Society
 Alexander Forbes Financial Services East Africa

Publications and writings

 April 2012: contributed as a researcher to the publication of the following Reports by Tax
Justice Network – Africa and Action Aid:
o ‘Tax Competition in East Africa: A Race to the Bottom?’
o Tax Competition in East Africa: A Race to the Bottom? Tax Incentives and Revenue
Losses in Kenya
o Tax Competition in East Africa: A Race to the Bottom? Tax Incentives and Revenue
Losses in Uganda
o Tax Competition in East Africa: A Race to the Bottom? Tax Incentives and Revenue
Losses in Tanzania

 2005: Successfully defended a Proposal (in partial fulfillment towards a doctoral thesis)
Research project: ‘Constitutional Challenges for political coalitions in Kenya, 2002-2007’

 2004: ‘Judicial Reforms at Cross- Roads’ in ‘The Law Society of Kenya, Consolidating
Kenya’s Political Gains’ (A Law Society of Kenya Publication, 2004)

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Unpublished works

 The Application of International Criminal Law in Kenya.

 The International Criminal Court and Non-International Armed Conflict with Reference
to Darfur.
 The International Court of Justice and Settlement of African Disputes: Trends and
Prospects (A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Laws (LLM) Degree,
University of Nairobi, Faculty of Law, 2003-2005) .

Referees (contact information available on request)

Fred Ojiambo SC Prof (Sen) Kithure Kindiki

Kaplan & Stratton Advocates

Pastor Erastus Weru

Nairobi Baptist Church, Westlands