Kenya: Lawyer Protests State Counsel Exclusion in LSK Vote

16 January 2014

Nairobi — Controversy looms over the forthcoming Law Society of Kenya (LSK) polls after a law was effected barring all State Counsel from taking part in the vote.

According to Nairobi lawyer Moses Chelanga, who is vying to be a council member of the LSK, the law also prohibits lawyers who do not hold a 2013 practising certificate from voting in the elections slated for February 6, 2014.

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