A former commissioner with the disbanded Electoral Commission of Kenya has been included in the list of lawyers accredited to practice at the International Criminal Court.
Muturi Kigano, a lawyer who has in the past represented President Kibaki, was informed of the decision by the court’s counsel support boss Esteban Peralta Losilla.
He joins a list of 11 other Kenyans who have so far been accredited to the ICC. Kigano has specialised in constitutional and human rights law. He is also a former director of the Kenya Ports Authority and was admitted to the bar in 1970.
Lawyers who wish to practice at the ICC, whether as duty counsel, ad hoc counsel, defence counsel or as legal representative of victims must first be accredited by the court’s registrar. “These prerequisites to practicing before the Court are designed to guarantee that every person in need of legal representation implicated in ICC proceedings has available to him or her a pool of highly competent counsel to ensure quality legal representation,” ICC website states.
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