Kenya: Expectations High as Lawyers Pick New LSK Leaders

26 February 2020

After four months of campaigns, some 10,000 lawyers across the country will elect their next leaders Thursday in an election seen a possible turning point for the Law Society of Kenya (LSK).

An institution that played a central role in the second liberation of the country, LSK has lately been accused of being tame and playing to the dictates of the State, and in so doing abandoning its watchdog role.

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