LSK President Faith Odhiambo Stories

Defending justice: LSK to lead nationwide protest to honour slain lawyer Kyalo Mbobu
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 10, 2025

LSK said the peaceful procession would begin at 9:00 a.m. at the Milimani Law Courts, proceed along Kenyatta Avenue, and end at Vigilance House, where...

LSK flags risk of self-regulating county assemblies under new Bill
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 10, 2025

If enacted, the changes would empower the Senate, elevating it to a status on par with the National Assembly, similar to the US Senate model.

International Justice Mission unhappy with debate over Ruto's police victims compensation team
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 09, 2025

LSK President Faith Odhiambo echoed the call for accountability, saying that cases involving police officers and those in authority should be expedite...

Justice and Equity Council backs suspension of Ruto’s compensation panel
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 09, 2025

In a statement, the group urged courts to fast-track cases related to police accountability, including petitions seeking reparations for victims of ab...

High Court halts Ruto’s protest compensation plan as critics term it unconstitutional
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 08, 2025

In a ruling delivered on Monday, Justice Magare Dennis Kizito Ngwono suspended both the panel’s mandate and the implementation of the presidential pro...

MCK slams attacks on LSK president Odhiambo as unfair and unfounded, urges media to exercise fairness
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 07, 2025

The Council said the unwarranted criticism directed at Odhiambo and other Kenyans who accepted positions on the Presidential Panel of Experts on Compe...

Faith Odhiambo under pressure to resign from LSK over protest panel role
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 06, 2025

Several advocates have declared that her position is unconstitutional, compromises the society’s role as an independent watchdog, and exposes her to a...

Kenyans demand justice as protest victims’ compensation panel sworn in
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 05, 2025

On social media, however, some Kenyans questioned the constitutionality of the panel's mandate and expressed concerns about potential state interferen...

Why we declined to be part of victims' compensation panel - Activists Hanifa Adan, Hussein Khalid
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 04, 2025

Hussein revealed that he was contacted to be part of the team that will oversee the compensation of the victims of protests, but he declined because h...

LSK President Faith Odhiambo vows victim-centred justice for protest and riot victims
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 04, 2025

Odhiambo recounted her encounters with families of victims still waiting for justice, including baby Pendo, killed during a midnight police operation...

KNCHR nominee admits victims’ compensation panel encroaches on commission
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 29, 2025

President William Ruto this week gazetted a panel of experts, led by constitutional adviser Makau Mutua, to oversee compensation for victims of public...

Amnesty backs Irungu Houghton's appointment to protest victims’ compensation panel
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 26, 2025

The move comes as President William Ruto establishes the 15-member panel to operationalise a Presidential Proclamation aimed at creating a structured...

Ruto appoints Faith Odhiambo to co-chair panel of experts on compensation of protest victims
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 26, 2025

The 15-member panel will be chaired by his constitutional advisor, Prof Makau Mutua, with Law Society of Kenya President Faith Odhiambo serving as vic...

LSK suffers blow in bid to shield advocates from arrest, prosecution
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Aug 14, 2025

Justice Lawrence Mugambi held that the petition was fatally defective, ruling that it lacked the necessary specificity and precision required of a con...

LSK rejects Passaris’ protest Bill, warns MPs against curtailing freedoms
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 30, 2025

LSK President Faith Odhiambo criticised the proposals introduced by Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris, calling them short-sighted and desig...

IEBC must rein in early campaigns to avoid heightened political tensions -LSK
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 30, 2025

LSK President Faith Odhiambo said the Commission must act swiftly to reassert its authority and uphold neutrality by stopping premature campaigns from...

LSK President Faith Odhiambo tears into Murkomen for misusing terror charges to silence dissent
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 29, 2025

Last week, Murkomen accused the LSK of “siding with suspected criminals” and undermining efforts to curb protest-related violence, but Odhiambo respon...

LSK faults IPOA over inaction, urges tougher oversight, compensation for police brutality victims
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 29, 2025

LSK President Faith Odhiambo criticised IPOA for lacking transparency and only acting when pressured, saying it has become part of a justice system th...

LSK slams police for selectively disrupting opposition events, cites breach of rights
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 29, 2025

LSK President Faith Odhiambo said the police are now openly deciding who can assemble and who cannot, an act she termed a blatant violation of Article...

Fresh twist in Ndiangui Kinyagia's abduction case after LSK files to withdraw representation
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 24, 2025

Last week, LSK, represented by President Faith Odhiambo, asked the court to allow cross-examination of Ndiang'ui, his cousin Lilian Wanjiku Gitonga, a...

LSK urges Parliament to revive dormant right to recall non-performing MPs
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 23, 2025

LSK President Faith Odhiambo said it was unfortunate that the legislative gaps created by a 2017 court ruling have never been addressed, leaving the r...

Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen slams LSK for 'backing violent protest suspects over victims'
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 23, 2025

Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen defended the government’s decision to press terrorism charges against individuals accused of orchestrating violence, an...

DPP slammed by legal experts for 'weaponising' terrorism charges against peaceful protesters
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 20, 2025

Former Chief Justice David Maraga accused the government of using the justice system as a political weapon.

LSK urges group movement to curb protest disappearances
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 25, 2025

LSK advised protestors to be aware of who is being arrested and to record full names and the exact time and place individuals are picked up.

LSK vows legal action over alleged plot to deploy armed gangs ahead during protests
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 24, 2025

LSK particularly condemned Tiaty MP William Kamket over a viral video in which he appears to threaten to mobilise armed bandits to confront demonstrat...

Blogger Ndiangui Kinyagia goes missing after alleged DCI raid at his house
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 24, 2025

The family claim DCI officers broke into Kinyagia’s house in Kinoo, Nairobi, on Sunday after a lengthy standoff with the caretaker.

LSK demands full disclosure of name, service number of officer who shot protester
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 18, 2025

LSK President Faith Odhiambo criticised the police for issuing what she termed a vague and inadequate statement, warning that impunity within the serv...

LSK calls for urgent action amid allegations of organ trafficking in Kenya
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Apr 24, 2025

In a statement, the LSK outlined a series of urgent initiatives it believes must be undertaken to prevent further human rights violations and restore...

President Ruto appoints selection panel to lead search for next Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Chairperson
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 12, 2025

The move comes nearly three months after the death of the Commission’s former Chairperson, Roseline Odhiambo Odede, who died in January after a short...

LSK to launch probe into judicial corruption, incompetence in January
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 18, 2024

As part of its commitment to restoring the judiciary’s credibility, the LSK announced the establishment of a committee to collect complaints against j...

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