Mary Ang'awa
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{{Short description|Retired Kenyan Justice}}
Mary Ang'awa is a Kenyan retired judge and first woman chief magistrate.{{Cite web |title=Hon. Justice Mary Ang'awa – East Africa International Arbitration Conference 2024 |url=https://www.eastafricaarbitration.com/speaker/hon-justice-mary-angawa/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |language=en-US}}
Education
Ang'awa went to Maxwell Preparatory School of the Seventh Day Adventist Church before she proceeded to Limuru Girls' School.{{cite web | title=Integrity is Ang'awa's strength, her judgments the key weakness | website=Nation | date=22 April 2011 | url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/integrity-is-ang-awa-s-strength-her-judgments-the-key-weakness--765358 | access-date=28 March 2025}}
In 1979, she graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Nairobi and a masters degree in 2005.{{cite web | title=Retired Judge Mary Ang'awa – Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration | website=Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration – Where dispute meets resolution | date=27 March 2025 | url=https://ncia.or.ke/team/retired-judge-mary-angawa/ | access-date=28 March 2025}}
Career
She started her career with Kibera Law Courts in 1980.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-03 |title=You are forgiven, judge tells her father's killer |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/you-are-forgiven-judge-tells-her-father-s-killer--622382 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Nation |language=en}}
She served as the Secretary to the Commission of Inquiry into the Insurance Industry from 1986 to 1988. She was the Chairperson of the Rent Restriction Tribunal between 1989 and 1991
Fellowships/Affiliations
- Eisenhower Fellowships (1998){{Cite web |title=Fellows Directory |url=https://www.efworld.org/meet-the-fellows/fellows-directory/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Eisenhower Fellowships |language=en-US}}
- Visiting Fellow of the Federal Judicial Centre, Washington DC (1998)
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2000){{Cite web |title=Ciarb {{!}} Profile |url=https://www.ciarb.org/member-directory/profile/?id=d799668b-82db-e811-a98c-0022480031cc |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=www.ciarb.org |language=en-GB}}
- Jurisprudence of Equality Program (2001–2005)
- Chairperson of the Kenya Women Judges Association (2005–2010)
- Accredited Mediator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2016)
- Trustee of the President's Award Kenya
- Trustee of the Junior Golf Foundation
External links
- [https://www.ciarb.org/member-directory/profile/?id=d799668b-82db-e811-a98c-0022480031cc Chartered Institute of Arbitrators]
- [https://www.efworld.org/meet-the-fellows/fellows-directory/ Eisenhower Fellowships]