Hon. Justice Heston Nyaga

Hon. Justice Heston Nyaga was born in Embu County

 

Appointment to Judicial Service

• Joined the judicial service as a Senior Resident Magistrate in 2004
• Appointed Judge of the High Court in 2022
• Served as judge at Nakuru High Court.

 

Academic and Professional Qualifications

• Bachelors of Law (LLB) degree, University of Nairobi
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
• Admitted to the Bar in 1997

 

Training Attended

• Computer Skills for Managers, IAT
• Sexual Offences Act
• Jurisprudence on Equality and Justice
• Anti-illicit Trade Training Court Administration, Judicial Reforms and Change Management
• Inaugural Judiciary Transformation
• Developments on Jurisprudence in Bond/Bail Policy
• Daily Court Returns and Judicial Officers’ Statistic Returns
• Death Sentence and Life Imprisonment; Emerging and Comparative Jurisprudence
• Human Trafficking and Electronic Evidence
• Active Case Management
• Plea Bargaining for Judicial Officers
• Alternatives to Imprisonment and Non-Custodial Sentences
• Victim Protection Act
• Alternative Justice Systems
• EDR/Election Offences training for Magistrates

 

 

Previous Experience

• Magistrate at Nakuru Law Courts
• Magistrate and Head of Station in Kabarnet, Molo and Milimani Commercial Law Courts
• Deputy Head of Station, Makadara Law Courts

 

 

Other Responsibilities   

• Member, Judiciary Sub Committee on Addressing Case Backlog
• Chairperson, Committee that Developed the Mobile Court Policy for the Magistrate’s Courts
• Member, Auctioneers Licensing Board

 

Interests

• Tennis/Football
• Hiking/ Camping
• Solving Cryptic Crosswords