Law Society of Kenya Moves to Expel Attorney-General Paul Kihara

Attorney-General Paul Kihara and Solicitor-General Kennedy Ogeto are staring at possible expulsion from the Law Society of Kenya (LSK).

LSK indicated it will move a motion on June 23rd seeking to have the two removed as members of the society.

Kihara and Ogeto are accused of failing to gazette lawyers as essential service providers during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

In addition, LSK wants the two expelled for failing to advise President Kenyatta to appoint the 41 judges recommended to him by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). 

They have been given seven days from Friday to file responses to the allegations leveled against them.

The matter will be heard at the Ordinary General Meeting of the LSK, where a decision on whether or not to expel the two from LSK will be made.

LSK President Nelson Havi said the actions of the two have brought ridicule, shame, disrepute, and dishonor to the lawyers’ body.

“Their conduct is so gross that it warrants their expulsion from the Law Society of Kenya,” Havi said, adding that AG Kihara misled the president into disobeying court orders requiring him to appoint the 41 judges.

“Kihara categorically stated that the 41 judges will not be sworn-in notwithstanding the decree of the High Court which has not been set aside or stayed. Kihara being the AG and a commissioner of the JSC sat through and participated in the interviews of the 41 judges,” he added.