Pius Tawfiq Namwamba Ababu is a Kenya

Kenya

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n politician. A member of the Orange Democratic Movement

Orange Democratic Movement

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, Namwamba was elected to represent Budalangi Constituency

Budalangi Constituency

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 in the National Assembly of Kenya

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 in the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007

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Ababu Namwamba is a Public Interest Attorney specializing in international human rights and constitutional law, and a columnist with a leading newspaper in Kenya. He was born in Uganda

Uganda

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to Kenyan parents and raised in Kenya.

Legal Practice

He is currently the Chief Counsel at the Chambers of Justice, which is a Public Interest Foundation he founded in 2002. He also heads his own legal practice, Ababu Namwamba & Co. in Nairobi , Kenya. Mr. Namwamba has made significant contributions to the democratization struggle in Kenya , right from his days as a student leader at the University of Nairobi. Since 2003, he has advocated for democracy and good governance in Kenya in a research process dubbed “After the Promise”, which critically analyses performance of government and other political actors.