Christine Agimba, Chairperson, Kenya Law Reform Commission
Ms. Agimba holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from the University of Nairobi and a Master`s degree in Law in Development from the University of Warwick, England. She also holds a Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law and is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, (Kenya Chapter) and is a Certified Public Secretary, Kenya (CPS-K).
She is a seasoned lawyer with more than thirty years’ experience serving in diverse strategic leadership and senior management roles, in the public service and in private legal practice. Recently appointed as the Chairperson of the Kenya Law Reform Commission, Christine draws on her extensive experience and expertise in providing advice on a wide range of legal and policy matters.
She has previously served as a Deputy Solicitor-General at the Office of the Attorney-General and Department of Justice. She was Project Manager and Legal Sector Specialist of the Financial and Legal Sector Technical Assistance Project under the Ministry of Finance, supporting legal, regulatory and institutional reforms in the financial and legal/judicial sectors. She has also practised law, as an associate and then a partner, at the law firm of Hamilton, Harrison and Mathews in Nairobi.
Ms. Agimba has served on the boards of various government agencies, including: the Council of Legal Education, the Anti-money Laundering Advisory Board and the National Council of Law Reporting (Kenya Law). She was also a member of the Presidential Taskforce on Parastatal Reforms and the subsequent Parastatal Reforms Implementation Committee that developed the Mwongozo Code of Governance for State Corporations.