health and property law proffesional in Kenya
About Smith Ouma
Specializes in health and property law.
Has worked at the law firm of Oraro and Company Advocates where he handled complex litigation and drafted advisories and legal opinions.
Worked with the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group in Chicago where he participated in a project to establish a database of health and social services facilities to facilitate access to health care in South-side Chicago.
Has consulted for various organizations on land rights and access to health in Kenya.
Passionate about pro-bono causes and continues to provide free legal advisory to organizations and communities working on land and health causes.
Completing a PhD in Law at the Cardiff University School of Law and Politics.
Academic Qualifications
- Master of Laws, Loyola University, Chicago.
- Certificate in Health Law, Loyola University, Chicago.
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Nairobi.
- Certificate in Environmental Law, Nairobi International Institute of Widener University School of Law.
Bar Admissions
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya (since 2018).
Awards
- Thomson Reuters Foundation Trust Law Innovation Award (2019).
- Cardiff University Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship for Research Excellence.
Publications
- Property Law (Strathmore University Press, 2016) (with Francis Kariuki and Raphael Ng’etich);
- “Slum Health: Arresting Covid-19 and Improving Wellbeing in Urban Informal Settlements”, (2020) 97 Journal of Urban Health (with Jason Corburn et al).
- “Engendering Rule of Law in Health Care Delivery in Kenya”, (2017) 35 (1) Wisconsin Journal of International Law (with Cynthia Amutete and Mbori Otieno).
- “Agricultural Investments: The New Frontier of Human Rights Abuse and the Place of Development Agencies”, (12) 2 Journal of Food Law & Policy (2016).
