Hon. Lady Justice Njoki Susanna Ndungu, FCIArb, CBS

Hon. Lady Justice Njoki Ndungu was appointed on 16^th June, 2011 and assumed office on 26^th August, 2011 as a Judge of the Supreme Court. She is the Supreme Court representative to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). She chairs the Judiciary Employee Protection and Inclusion Committee and is a member of the Judiciary Leadership Team. She holds the Supreme Court Governance and Regulatory Affairs Portfolio.

Prior to her appointment, she sat on the Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review that drafted the Constitution of Kenya 2010.  She served as Member of the National Assembly of the 9^th Parliament and the Pan-African Parliament (2003-2007). She was the mover of the Sexual Offences Bill 2006, and key amendments for legislative change including those on maternity and paternity leave. She worked in various capacities internationally and nationally, including as State Counsel at the Attorney General’s Chambers (1989), National Protection Officer at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (1995), Women in Law & Development in Africa (1998), and as Political Analyst for the African Union (2000).

She was awarded UN Person of the Year, Kenya and ICJ Kenya – Jurist of the Year Award 2006, and National Honours of Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear (EBS), and Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS).

She holds a Master’s in Law (LLM) in Human Rights & Civil Liberties (University of Leicester), Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (University of Nairobi), Post-Graduate Diploma (Kenya School of Law) and Diploma in Women’s Rights (WUS). She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.