Constitutional and administrative law litigation proffesional in Kenya
About Evans Ogada
Specializes in constitutional and administrative law litigation. He has as handled numerous cases in these areas, including representing the Law Society of Kenya in 2019 in a petition concerning the appointment of judges, and two petitions on arbitrary arrests.
Member of the Law Society of Kenya’s Public Interest Committee.
Member of the Law Society of Kenya Nairobi Branch’s Constitutional/Judicial Review Bar Bench Committee.
Worked at the Katiba Institute, one of Kenya’s leading public interest litigation organizations.
Teaches Public Law at the University of Nairobi’s School of Law Serves regularly on civil society panels on the rule of law and international criminal law.
Associate Editor with the Platform for Law, Justice and Society, a leading socio-legal publication in Kenya.
Academic Qualifications
- Master of Law in Public International Law, University of Nairobi (2018).
- Bachelor of Laws (Second Class Upper), University of Nairobi (2014).
- Post-Graduate Diploma, Kenya School of Law (2017).
- Diploma in French Language and Culture, Alliance Francaise de Nairobi (2005).
Bar Admissions
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya (since 2017).
Publications
- “Public Participation as a Pre-requisite in Public Appointments”, 17 Platform for Law and Justice in Society 15-28 (2016).
- “The Right to Bail and Bond under the Constitution of Kenya 2010: Staying the Course of Rational Decision Making”, 37 Platform for Law and Justice in Society page27-35 (2018).
- “Bail and Bond Decisions: A Status Re –Assessment”, 45 Platform for Law and Justice in Society page 36-43 (2019).
- “The Judiciary as a Protector of Human Rights and the Rule of Law in times of a Pandemic: A Lesson from Malawi”, 54 Platform for Law and Justice in Society page23-27 (2020).
- “Abstention in Relation to Voting Under article27(3) of the Charter of the United Nations - A Violation of the United Nations Charter”, 54 Platform for Law and Justice in Society page 38-42(2020).
- “The Application of the Law of Immunity in Kenya through the Lens of the Supreme Court Decision of Karen Njeri Kandie v. Alassane Ba and Another”, 56 Platform for Law and Justice in Society page 31-39 (2020).
- “An Analysis of Walter Khobe’s The Jurisdictional Remit of the Supreme Court of Kenya Over Questions Involving the Interpretation and Application of the Constitution,” 5 Kabarak Journal of Law and Ethics (2020).
- “Kenyan Evictions Violate Human Rights and the Rule of Law,” Global Campus Human Rights Preparedness, 3rd December 2020.
