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LSK offices turned into battleground as boardroom war rages

Law Society of Kenya President Nelson Havi (left), United Green Movement (UGM) Co-Secretary General Jonathan Mueke (centre) and Lawyer Cliff Ombeta outside Parliament buildings in Nairobi on October 12, 2020 where they had gone to serve the National Assembly Speaker with vacation orders as they demand that legislators vacate Parliament Buildings over Chief Justice David Maraga's dissolution advisory over the two thirds gender rule.

Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Officers from Muthangari Police Station were called to LSK's offices to ensure Nelson Havi did not change the locks to the CEO’s office.
  • CEO's advocates claim that differences between president and her date back three years ago.

For a week now, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) offices on Gitanga Road in Nairobi have been turned into a battleground as a fierce boardroom war rages over the future of CEO Mercy Wambua.

So bad is the situation that in the course of the week officers from Muthangari Police Station were called to the offices to apparently ensure that the President Nelson Havi did not change the locks to the CEO’s office.