Prof patrick lumumba kenya

Prof Patrick Lumumba is an eloquent Kenyan legal practitioner and an Advocate of the High Courts of Kenya and Tanzania. He has received many prestigious awards from local and internationally renowned organisations and institutions. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya FCPS (K), a Member of the Kenya Institute of Management and a Certified Mediator. Lumumba was the Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya School of Law until 2017.  He is an Associate Professor of Public Law and Founding Dean, Kabarak University School of Law.  He is a former Secretary of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission and former Director of the defunct Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC): Now Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. He is the Founding Trustee of the African Institute for Leaders and Leadership and founding Chairman of the Association of the Citizens Against Corruption. In 2001, he was appointed to serve in the National Committee on Implementation of International Humanitarian Law. A pan Africanist who is passionate about promoting equal rights, good governance and African unity, Lumumba shares The AAS value of shifting the centre of gravity to allow Africa to own and define its agenda. A firm proponent in advancing the African identity, Lumumba believes that the future of Africa lies in good leadership and the in hands of its people who must grow their confidence and self-belief and become increasingly self-reliant. His influence on African politics and international political culture is undeniable advancing belief that African politics should accommodate divergent views and voices. His depth of knowledge, pan Africanism and that he is a proponent of good governance is what undoubtedly qualifies him to be an Honorary Fellow of The AAS.

Kenyan lawyer (born 1962)

Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba (born 17 July 1962) is a Kenyan lawyer and activist. He is the director of the Kenya School of Law and served as the director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission from July 2010 to August 2017.

Education

Lumumba earned his LLB and LLM degrees at the University of Nairobi. His LLM thesis is titled National Security And Fundamental Rights. Additionally, Lumumba holds a PhD in Laws of the Sea from the University of Ghent in Belgium. His PhD thesis is entitled Exclusive economic zone, the use delimitation of economic zones.

Academic and public positions

Lumumba was the secretary of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission, whose proposed draft constitution was rejected in a 2005 referendum.

Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission

On 23 July 2010, Lumumba was named as the new director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission. He took office on 26 July, succeeding Aaron Ringera. The commission launched several high-profile investigations during his tenure, but none led to significant criminal convictions.

After just over a year in office, on 29 August 2011, Lumumba and his four deputies vacated their offices as required by the recently enacted Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act, which replaced the commission with a new Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. During the parliamentary debate on the new legislation, several politicians had been highly critical of Lumumba's performance.

Kenya School of Law

On 17 March 2014, Lumumba took office as director of the Kenya School of Law. In August 2018, he said that he would not seek another term in the office.

Political views and public speaking

He is a notable Pan-Africanist and has delivered several speeches alluding to or about African solutions to African proble

January 22, 2019

By Constance Pruitt

The Palavar Series presented a public lecture on Africa and Black Diasporic Engagements featuring renowned Dr. PLO Lumumba. The event took place from 2:00 to 4:00 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2018, in the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library at Howard University. The public lecture, “On the Role of Africa and the Black Diaspora in International Affairs” was hosted by Dr. J. Jarpa Dawuni of the Political Science Department and Dr. Msia Kibona Clark of the African Studies Department.

Dr. Mohamed Saliou Camara, Chair of the African Studies department, provided the welcome address. Next, Ayana Gregory, daughter of the late Dick Gregory, gifted the audience with an inspiring and interactive opening song, reminding the audience that, “We are the ones that we have been waiting for for…. We are qualified.” Dr. Dawuni then gave a brief introduction of Dr. Lumumba, the renown Kenyan lawyer, Pan-Africanist and public speaker, calling him “a great son of Kenya, greater son of Africa, and an even greater Pan-Africanist.”

Dr. Lumumba expressed his enthusiasm to speak at Howard University and share his thoughts on a subject that is very important especially on the history of Africa. He discussed the popular but often misguided conversations around the Black diaspora that focuses solely on slavery, colonization, or its independence era. Instead, Lumumba insisted that we should look at how Africa is today and the disbursement of its sons and daughters throughout the world. He stated that Africa is attractive to many players on the global stage, then posed to the audience the question of why. What is it in Africa that people seek? He noted, that Africa is becoming an economic and political mecca and has a bright future ahead. Read the entire article here.

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