The second edition of The LawDown Africa’s Law Career Fair (The LawDown Africa is our sister publication) went down on 12th July 2025. It was a day dedicated to unboxing the law for young lawyers and law students through 17 masterclasses and a panel discussion curated to facilitate learning, networking, and mentorship.
Our parent company, Jurorbox, is passionate about learning; hence, all its affiliates are learning-centered. So, we took the time to learn more about our career fair’s impact from the attendees' perspective. In this special episode, our Founder, Dissi Obanda, teams up with our team member, Sylvia Njoki, in a conversation with six attendees from the July 12th law career event as they unpack their experiences.
Listen to Abraham Kioko, Adeline Kiptoo, Favour Christabellah, Oketch Odhiambo, Lennox Kirianki, Favour Christabellah, and Rahmashueb Abdikadir as they recount their experience at The LawDown Africa’s career fair. All six are law students who are either in law school or completing their pupillage. If you missed the fair, we hope this episode will encourage you to attend the next one.
This podcast episode is a civic education engagement focusing on the issue of femicide. The LawDown Africa is the official legal partner working on a mobilization campaign supported by Usikimye, an NGO that focuses on GBV sensitization and GBV survivor care, and Ogilvy Africa.
To bring the legal insights and shed light on the practicability of criminalizing femicide, we spoke to Caroline Muriu, a Prosecution Counsel who has prosecuted GBV, sexual assault, defilement, manslaughter, and murder cases at the local and High Court levels.
Gain insights into the judicial process for handling GBV and femicide cases, how the crimes above escalate into femicide, and why femicide should be criminalized and what that would look like.
As we continue our #SheDidThat! Campaign this women’s month, our guest in this episode is Liz Lenjo. Liz Lenjo is an Advocate of the High Court, A thought leader in Entertainment Law, IP Law, and Fashion Law, and a legal entrepreneur.
Enjoy this insightful yet vulnerable and heartwarming episode as Ms Lenjo reflects on her career journey through the legal sphere, including how intentionality shaped her career choices and subsequent outcomes. Learn from her as she unpacks her achievements, low moments, and lessons in her journey to #BecomingWakili, creating lasting impact and holding out a light for the next generation of lawyers by paying it forward through mentorship.
Happy Women’s History Month!
Our distinguished guest in this episode, the first of a series of episodes for our 2025 Women’s History Month, is Pat Mbugua. Ms. Mbugua is an award-winning lawyer with a career spanning over two decades, first at Walker Kontos, a tier-one law firm, where she grew from a pupil to partner, and later in the banking sector, serving as in-house counsel in various banking institutions, including Bank of Africa and Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited.
Pat is passionate about mentorship, and as part of our #SheDidThat! Women’s month campaign, she lays it all bare. Listen to this heart-warming conversation, as she reflects on her journey in law and beyond the brief, owns her achievement and encourages the next generation of lawyers with invaluable words of wisdom.
This episode is a snippet of Kenya’s First-ever Law Career Fair organized by The LawDown Africa, an online legal magazine. The event, which was held on the 31st of August 2024 at the Kenya School of Law, Karen Campus, bore the theme: Exploring Legal Horizons.
Therefore, it included a panel discussion on the diversity of the legal sector featuring:
Pat Mbugua of StanChart and former Partner at Walker Kontos
Mrs. Rispah Simiyu, Commissioner for Domestic Taxes at KRA
Ayieta Lumbasyo, Founder, Fertility Law Clinic,
Timothy Owase, CEO of Kenya Film Commission. Mr Owase went to law school in 2019 despite having a master’s in Communication (A young lawyer with 20+ years of experience in storytelling, marketing, and communication)
Dr. Maurice Ajwang’, Dean Faculty of Law Daystar University (Dr. Ajwang’ also facilitated a masterclass in sports law)
Mary Njeri, Team Lead, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, UN Women Kenya
Listen to the six panelists, each an industry caption in their own right, as they explore the ins and outs of practicing law in their respective industries. Learn from them as they reflect on the lessons they’ve learned in their journeys to #BecomingWakili (things they don’t tell you in Law School).
June has multiple observances focusing on children and child rights, including International Children’s Day, International Day of the African Child, and World Day Against Child Labor. So, we had a chat with Joy Katunge Matheka, an Advocate of the High Court and a Children’s Law expert.
Ms. Katunge scooped the Civil Society Lawyer of the Year Award during the 2021 Nairobi Legal Awards, owing to her contribution to child protection activities. She shares her journey of grace into child protection law (which she considers her true calling) while unpacking the scope of children’s rights and her experiences practicing law in CSOs. Additionally, she highlights the strides the Kenyan government has made in upholding child protection, and what lawyers can do to promote children’s rights in their spheres of influence.
The church is arguably among the oldest institutions in Kenya, yet there is a gap in its utilization of legal services. In this podcast, we focus on the church as a growing area of practice and interview two advocates, Sr. Trizah Muthoni and Myron Mukuna, who are pioneers in this area.
Sr. Trizah is the in-house counsel for the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi, while Myron Mukuna is an ordained Diocesan Chancellor of the Anglican Church of Kenya, Butere Diocese. Listen to them as they unpack the law as a service, its impact on the community, and living a bivocational life.
Happy 49th International Women’s Day.
As we mark this observance @Anna Mutavati, the Country Director @UNWomen, Kenya, graces our platforms for an insightful conversation on bridging the gap between policy and practice to achieve gender parity and empower women.
The latest guest on the podcast is Helene Namisi. The Chairperson of the Law Society of Kenya, Nairobi Branch, having previously served as Board Member and Chairperson of the HIV & AIDS Tribunal. Helene has practised for over 18 years and has vast experience in Family Law, Conveyancing, and Commercial Law as well as both women's and children’s rights. Listen in as she shares her story in a way only she could. We delved deep into her formation as a lawyer and her overall experience navigating the world of legal practice. We also got to hear her perspective on what it takes to be a lady lawyer in this ever-changing world.
This week, we feature Brian Wamai Kimani, a 24-year-old lawyer, fresh out of university. Brian is partially deaf and he is passionate about the rights of persons living with disabilities. We hope that by highlighting his story, we will be able to educate you on the plights of those among us who are differently abled.
Today we feature Emmanuel Bitta, who has dedicated his legal career to serving the country in the Office of the Attorney General. Listen to his story as he delves deep into what it takes to serve the country as a lawyer working in public service.
To crown mental health Awareness month, Stella Muraguri, Managing Partner at MMW Advocates LLP, talks to us about the challenges of setting up a law firm whilst striking a delicate balancing act with motherhood. Stella's story mirrors the life of every woman in practice. She highlights the importance of taking stock of our mental health because it's only in doing so that we are able to serve our clients.
Robert is an award-winning lawyer with a personality that he is not afraid to show in his different fields. He was recently named the Young Lawyer of the year in the fourth edition of the Nairobi Legal Awards. This was the first time a private consultant had won this award. He is also a content creator who has had his TikTok videos aired on national television. Interestingly, Robert has been able to use his social media following to put out legal alerts on “Interesting Legal facts in Kenya”, a series that has amassed over a hundred thousand views across his social media platforms. Robert has previously worked with Uber Kenya Limited as a partnerships specialist
Robert was trained and worked at Anjarwalla and Khanna, East Africa’s largest Corporate Law firm and founding member of ALN. Today, Robert shares his story with us as we delve into mental health awareness for lawyers.
On our final episode in our Women's month edition, we talked to Esther Omulele OGW. Her story is as inspirational as it is captivating. She showcased the intricacies of leadership and held us captive with the richness of her story.
We had a chat with Jacqueline Manani, the Director of Legal Services and Chief Commission Counsel at the Public Service Commission. She has vast practical experience and demonstrated the essence of practice in the public sector.
We got to have a chat with Noreen Kidunduhu, a senior associate at TripleOk Law Advocates. Noreen is passionate about Arbitration and her experience has seen her serve in several capacities in the arbitration realm. She was recently appointed as CoChair of the CIArb Young Members Group. With several achievements under her belt, Noreen is the perfect example of a young lady lawyer scaling the heights of the legal space.
We are celebrating notable women in the legal sector throughout this month.
Our first guest is Hon Magistrate Caroline Kendagor who is the Deputy Registrar for Court Annexed Mediation and a Principal magistrate in the Kenyan judiciary. Hon Kendagor is a passionate judicial officer, a pioneer in the field of court-annexed Mediation, and an inspiration to young women everywhere but in particular in her home county of Elgeyo Marakwet.
In this episode of ‘Winning at Law’ we interview Mr. Kevin Mwangi. He is currently a programme officer-redress at the Independent Medico Legal Unit (IMLU). His main areas of practice are in legal analysis, legislative drafting, and public interest litigation.
Mr. Mwangi has amassed expertise in law reform, democratic governance, and constitutionalism at national and regional levels. His work has seen him awarded by the Law Society of Kenya- Nairobi Corporate Lawyer of the Year 2020.
He also currently sits as an Expert Member at the African Union division working on Human Rights the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
In this episode we hear from Mr. George Ominde, a seasoned In House Lawyer and the current acting Legal Manager at KENGEN. He will speak to us about the niche area that is Energy Law and expound on his personal journey as well as that of the KENGEN legal department.
In this episode we hear from Mr. George Ominde, a seasoned In House Lawyer and the current acting Legal Manager at KENGEN. He will speak to us about the niche area that is Energy Law and expound on his personal journey as well as that of the KENGEN legal department.