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LSK elections marred by nomination protests 

Kalonzo Musyoka

Senior Counsel Kalonzo Musyoka, who is also the party leader of  Wiper Democratic Movement, votes at the Milimani Law Courts, Nairobi, on March 10, 2022.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Sixty-four candidates were contesting nine seats for 2022/24 in the LSK Council.
  • Council, female representative to the JSC and Advocates’ Disciplinary Committee officials elected.

The Law Society of Kenya elections were marred by nomination woes yesterday as more than 12,000 members trooped to the polls across the country to pick new officials.

Sixty-four candidates were contesting nine seats for 2022/24 in the LSK Council. The top decision-making organ has, in the past two years, been riddled by wrangles and divisions. The LSK Elections Board (2022) was thus in a spot for how it handled the nomination of non-practising lawyers employed in state offices.