Faith Odhiambo has been elected the new Law Society of Kenya president. She served as Vice President of the society ahead of the polls and was elected in Thursday’s elections. She becomes the 51st President of the Council, succeeding Eric Theuri.
Early results from the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) Presidential election indicated that Faith Odhiambo was leading the race with 3,040 voted Peter Wanyama, the closest contender, held the second position with 2,122 votes, while Carolyne Kamende followed closely in third place with 910 votes. Bernard Kipng’etich was in fourth place with 877 votes, and Njoki Mboce was trailing in fifth place with 482 votes.
Following these initial results, Mr. Wanyama had gracefully accepted defeat and extended congratulations to Ms. Odhiambo, suggesting that she is poised to assume leadership of the lawyers’ association.
The tenure of Theuri is set to conclude on March 25, 2024. However, according to the LSK General Regulations of 2020, the position was officially declared vacant on December 5, 2023. As per these regulations, it is mandated that the position be declared vacant at least three months prior to March 15th of the election year.
Although the final tally of results is yet to be announced, LSK’s 49th President Nelson Havi has also already taken to social media to congratulate Ms. Odhiambo for her impending victory.
“Congratulations Madam President, Faith Odhiambo. Serve us with distinction. Just remember that in this office, one’s popularity starts waning on the day of the oath. Always do the right thing. If in doubt, say No,” said Havi on X.
While on an interview as the tally continued, Odhiambo called upon her competitors to come together in unison and join her in making the law society a better body that will champion for the rule of law for all Kenyans
“To all my worthy competitors, I say that let’s work together; LSK is bigger than all of us. We can put LSK together as one, me becoming the next President should not mean that we separate the Law society. We should bring our different electorates as one and build the Law society as one,” she stated.
“The first fight that we have is the protection of the rule of law against the excesses of the government, but also the concern of corruption in the different institutions that we as LSK want to take head-on.”
