Kitili Maluki Mwendwa

{{short description|2nd Chief Justice of Republic of Kenya}}

Kitili Maluki Mwendwa is a former Chief Justice of Kenya.{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.go.ke/portal/assets/downloads/reports/The%20history%20of%20Kenya%20Judiciary.pdf |accessdate=January 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041616/http://www.judiciary.go.ke/portal/assets/downloads/reports/The%20history%20of%20Kenya%20Judiciary.pdf |archivedate=November 29, 2014 }} He served between 1968–1971 and was succeeded by Sir James Wicks.

Mwendwa, who was from Kitui, was the first African to become Chief Justice of Kenya.{{cite news|first=Thomas |last=Waita |title=Veteran Kitui politician Eliud Ngala Mwendwa laid to rest |url=http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/Ngala-Mwendwa-laid-to-rest/-/1107872/3256662/-/jfs5wsz/-/index.html |work=Daily Nation |date=2016-06-19 |accessdate=2016-06-27}} His brother, Ngala Mwendwa, served as Kenya's first Minister of Labour from 1963 to 1974.{{cite news|first=Joe |last=Ombour |title=Former Cabinet Minister Eliud Ngala Mwendwa takes the final bow after colourful political career|url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000204965/former-cabinet-minister-eliud-ngala-mwendwa-takes-the-final-bow-after-colourful-political-career |work=The Standard (Kenya) |date=2016-06-09 |accessdate=2016-06-27}}