Hon. Lady Justice Margaret Waringa Muigai

Appointment to Judicial Service

• Joined the Judicial Service as a District Magistrate in 1989
• Appointed as Judge of the High Court in 2014
• Served at Machakos and Milimani (Family and Commercial and Tax Divisions) High Courts
• Presiding Judge at Machakos High Court

                                                     

Academic and Professional Qualifications

• Master of Laws (LLM) degree, Corporate Law and Finance Widener University School of Law Wilmington Delaware, U.S.A.
• Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree, University of Nairobi, 1987
• Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law, 1988,
• Admitted to the bar in 1989

 

Trainings Attended

• Curriculum Development Skills Training, Kenyatta University
• Delivery Methods for Effective teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Kenyatta University
• Tax Resolution Process in Kenya
• Election Dispute Resolution Debrief
• Reform of Insolvency Regime in Kenya
• Certificate in Leadership Skills
• Royal Institute of Public Administration (RIPA) United Kingdom
• International Law Institute (ILI), Washington, U.S.A., Certificate in World Trade Law and Regional Agreements
• Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund, Sweden, Certificate in Human Rights Law
• Loyola – Tulane University, Public Law Centre, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Certificate in Legislative Drafting.
• East African Harmonization of Legal Training Curriculum and Regulatory Framework
• Academic Promotion of the Pedagogy of Effective Advocacy in Law (APPEAL) in Durban, South Africa
• State Corporations Advisory Committee (SCAC) Taskforce Workshop
• Monitoring and Evaluation training, Strathmore University

 

Previous Experience

 

• Magistrate serving in different court stations
• Deputy Director Academic Programs, Kenya School of Law
• Assistant Director, Continuing Legal and Professional Development Projects’ and Research (CPD P&R), Kenya School of Law
• Senior Lecturer, Kenya School of Law, 2007 – 2014
• Senior Officer/Crime Reader, Investigations Department – Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority (KACA), 1999 – 2001
• Deputy Registrar, Milimani High Court Commercial Division, 1998-1999
• Secretary Integrity and Anti- Corruption Committee of the Judiciary Ringera Committee, 2003
• Senior Officer – Investigations Section Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority (KACA) Integrity Centre, 2000
• Lecturer, Kenya School of Professional Studies Inorero Centre, Parklands, Nairobi, 1996 – 1999
• Member of Standing Committee on Law Reform at the Federation of Kenya Women Lawyers (FIDA, Kenya)

Other Responsibilities

• Treasurer for the Kenya Judges and Magistrates Association Committee – Nairobi
• Member of the Editorial board of the National Justice Journal “Hakimu”.
• Member of the Training Committee on Kenya National Community Service Orders Program.
• Member, Law Society of Kenya.
• Member, Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA-Kenya).
• Associate Member, Kenya Judges and Magistrates Association.
• Member, Kenya Women Judges Association.