OMWANZA OMBATI

Partner Nchogu, Omwanza & Nyasimi Advocates with ten (10) years standing in the practice of Law and he has worked as a legal counsel with the International criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Arusha. Previously worked at the Law Society of Kenya in Land law reform as a programme officer, Researcher at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Illegal/Irregular Allocation of Public Land, Interned at Ahmednasir, Abdikadir & Co Advocates, worked as a Program Assistant Officer in the Constitutional of Kenya Review Commission and Research Editor at lawafrica.com a legal research portal. Internet research experience in: westlaw and lexis- nexis, software proficiency: word, word perfect, Excel, and various office suites. Published a number of articles and involved in community activities.

  • Professional qualifications– Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
  • Professional Membership: Law Society of Kenya
  • The Law Society Journal Editorial Board
  • Alumni, the International Development Law Organization

Publications

Access to Legal information: Still a pipe dream for Kenya? Vol 6 University of Technology Sydney Law Journal 2004.

Repossession of Illegally Acquired Public Land in Kenya: Limits of Law and the Concept of Transitional Justice in Redress; Vol II East African Journal of Human Rights and Democracy, March 2004.

Mercy and Redemption: When Courts Intervene to Strike Down Mortgage Contracts: The Law Society of Kenya Journal Vol. 1 2005.

Research Assistant to Tom Odhiambo Esq., in writing his book A Case book In Land Law and Conveyance in Kenya, Moi University Publishers (2001).

Research on a casebook on the Law of Succession and Matrimonial property. (Unpublished) 2002.