Kakai Kissinger
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Kakai Kissinger Francis is a Kenya
n human rights activist and attorney. Trained in international trade law at the University of Turin, Faculty of Law
, in Italy
(2003), he received further training in 2007 in human rights and constitutional law at Harvard Law School
in the US.
Kakai Kissinger is a public interest litigation Lawyer with a specialty in international human rights and constitutional law. He consults on electoral process, democracy and governance issues in Kenya and within East Africa
. He was born in Kitale
within the Trans-Nzoia District
in the vast Rift Valley Province of Kenya, and his parents hail from Emuhaya Constituency
within the Western Province
of Kenya.
Kakai was schooled at the Friends' School, Kamusinga
, Musingu High School of western Kenya before proceeding to The University of Nairobi
in 1995 where he eventually was awarded a bachelor’s degree in law. In 2003, he won an academic scholarship to pursue postgraduate studies in international trade law in Italy from the ITCILO, sponsored by the International Labor Organization. In 2006, he was awarded a Ford Foundation
Scholarship to undertake studies at Harvard University due to his engagements as a human rights activist and attorney. At the time, Kakai was the executive director of a Kenyan non-governmental organization, Independent Medico-Legal Unit. He is also a certified public secretary.
Kakai is the proprietor of Kakai Mugalo & Company, advocates in Nairobi, Kenya. He is interested in leadership in Kenya and has a close working relationship with his native rural area and constituency where he collaborates with local civil society organizations, church groups, youth groups and community-based organizations in all aspects of empowerment and development. He is a current board member of two Kenyan civil society organizations, the Independent Medico Legal Unit and Empower/Wezesha.
Kakai has recently established the Kakai Kissinger foundation, where he plans to participate in philanthropic work and concentrate more in his native Emuhaya constituency of the western province. Through the foundation, he intends to recognize and award academic scholarships to bright and needy students from his former school, Friends School Kamusinga.
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
n human rights activist and attorney. Trained in international trade law at the University of Turin, Faculty of Law
University of Turin, Faculty of Law
The University of Turin, Faculty of Law is the law school of the University of Turin . The faculty of law is elsewhere called the Law Department of the University of Turin...
, in Italy
Italy
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(2003), he received further training in 2007 in human rights and constitutional law at Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
in the US.
Kakai Kissinger is a public interest litigation Lawyer with a specialty in international human rights and constitutional law. He consults on electoral process, democracy and governance issues in Kenya and within East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
. He was born in Kitale
Kitale
Kitale is an agricultural town in western Kenya situated between Mount Elgon and the Cherengani Hills at an elevation of around . Its urban population was estimated at 220,000 in 2007....
within the Trans-Nzoia District
Trans-Nzoia District
Trans-Nzoia District is an administrative district of Rift Valley Province, Kenya.It is located between the Nzoia River and Mount Elgon and its centre is the town of Kitale.Historically the area has been inhabited by the Kalenjin people...
in the vast Rift Valley Province of Kenya, and his parents hail from Emuhaya Constituency
Emuhaya Constituency
Emuhaya Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Vihiga District, Western Province. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections....
within the Western Province
Western Province (Kenya)
The Western Province of Kenya, bordering Uganda, is one of Kenya's seven administrative provinces outside Nairobi. It is west of the Eastern Rift Valley and is inhabited mainly by the Luhya people. Quakerism is widely practised here. Kenya's second highest mountain, Mount Elgon is located in...
of Kenya.
Kakai was schooled at the Friends' School, Kamusinga
Friends' School, Kamusinga
Friends School Kamusinga is a school located in Kimilili on the slopes of Mount Elgon in Western Kenya, near Kimilili boys' high school. The school has about 1200 students and a staff of about 75 teachers...
, Musingu High School of western Kenya before proceeding to The University of Nairobi
University of Nairobi
The University of Nairobi is the largest university in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution goes back to 1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970 when the University of East Africa was split into three independent universities: Makerere University in...
in 1995 where he eventually was awarded a bachelor’s degree in law. In 2003, he won an academic scholarship to pursue postgraduate studies in international trade law in Italy from the ITCILO, sponsored by the International Labor Organization. In 2006, he was awarded a Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
Scholarship to undertake studies at Harvard University due to his engagements as a human rights activist and attorney. At the time, Kakai was the executive director of a Kenyan non-governmental organization, Independent Medico-Legal Unit. He is also a certified public secretary.
Kakai is the proprietor of Kakai Mugalo & Company, advocates in Nairobi, Kenya. He is interested in leadership in Kenya and has a close working relationship with his native rural area and constituency where he collaborates with local civil society organizations, church groups, youth groups and community-based organizations in all aspects of empowerment and development. He is a current board member of two Kenyan civil society organizations, the Independent Medico Legal Unit and Empower/Wezesha.
Kakai has recently established the Kakai Kissinger foundation, where he plans to participate in philanthropic work and concentrate more in his native Emuhaya constituency of the western province. Through the foundation, he intends to recognize and award academic scholarships to bright and needy students from his former school, Friends School Kamusinga.