Dr. Seth Wekesa
Phone No: +254 720 890 328
Email: drwekesa@mmkadv.co.ke
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-seth-wekesa- 8808101b6/
Biography
Dr. Seth Wekesa is a partner at the firm with over nine years of experience as a practicing advocate. He is not only an experienced private practitioner of law but also an accomplished legal scholar.
Dr. Wekesa heads the consulting and regulatory compliance department, where he spearheads the delivery of legal and governance audits, compliance and regulatory assignments, and consultancy services. His extensive experience includes working with blue-chip companies, state corporations, regulators, NGOs, multinationals, and multilateral agencies such as Safaricom Ltd, KenGen, and the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority.
Dr. Wekesa is well-regarded in the market for his expertise in risk management, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance. He has trained government officials on sound corporate governance practices at national and county levels and developed national and county laws, regulations, and policies. Additionally, he has conducted data protection compliance audits and advised on public-private partnerships.
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Profile
Currently, Dr. Wekesa is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Nairobi, School of Law, where he teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He holds a Doctor of Laws (LL.D) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and two Master of Laws degrees: one in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa from the University of Pretoria and another in Commercial and Financial Services Law from the University of Nairobi.
He is both a DAAD scholar and a scholar of the European Union.
Educational and professional qualifications
- Doctor of Laws -University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2016
- Master of Laws (Human Rights and Democratization in Africa) – University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2012
- Master of Laws (Financial Services Law) – University of Nairobi, 2011
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law – Kenya School of Law, 2009
- Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), University of Nairobi, 2008
Membership in professional associations
- Member, Law Society of Kenya
- Member, East Africa Law Society
- Member, Institute of Certified Secretaries of Kenya
- Accredited Governance Auditor
- Institute of Certified Secretaries (ICS)
- Certified Secretaries (CS)
Career history
2016 – Present : Partner, Munyao, Muthama & Kashindi (MMK) Advocates
2016 – Present : Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi
Jul – Dec 2023 : Rapporteur, Presidential Taskforce on Modernisation and Transformation of Government Press
2021 – Present : Peer Reviewer of Masters and Bachelor of Laws curricula Council of Legal Education (CLE)
2018 – Present : Reviewer, Human Rights and Development Modules, OdeL, UoN, University of Nairobi
2016 – Present : Examiner, Council of Legal Education (CLE)
Awards and Accolades
2020: CB Madan award, University of Nairobi
2013: DHET-USAID scholarship, University of Pretoria.
2012: DAAD scholarship award, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2012: European Union scholarship award, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
2010: University of Nairobi, Master of Laws scholarship award.
Work Highlights
- Head of consulting and regulatory compliance department within the firm
Conduct of Legal compliance and governance audits:
- Offered top-tier legal services to blue chips companies, state corporations, regulators, NGOs, multinationals, and multilateral agencies in conducting legal compliance and governances audits including Safaricom Ltd, KenGen, Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Communication Authority of Kenya, Kenya Re, Kenya Power, Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation, BOC Gases and African Population and Health Research Center, National Assembly of Kenya, Old Mutual Holdings, Kenya power Pension Fund, Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority, Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority.
Publications
Articles
- SM Wekesa and M Ng’ania ‘The efficacy of governance audit as a risk management tool’ Governance Journal 2023).
- SM Wekesa and N Otieno ‘The Duty to give reasons under Kenya’s Fair Administrative Action Act 2015: seven years later.’ Kabarak Journal of Law and Ethics (Volume 6 2022) Kabarak University Press Kenya
- SM Wekesa ‘Gay rights exclusion: An economic perspective on gay rights in Kenya and Uganda’ East African Law Journal (2019), University of Nairobi, Kenya.
- PK Mbote and SM Wekesa ‘Reconfiguring Legal Education: Deepening Gender Mainstreaming in Law Curricula and Pedagogy at the School of Law University of Nairobi’ East African Law Journal (2018), University of Nairobi, Kenya.
- SM Wekesa, ‘The human right to clean and safe water under Kenya’s new Constitution 2010’ published in the Economic and Social Rights (ESR) Review of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa (June 2013).