BY SAM ALFAN .
The Board of Council of Legal Education has appointed Jennifer Gitiri the Acting Secretary and chief executive officer of the body.
Gitiri previously served as Deputy Director of Legal Services and Corporation Secretary at the Assets Recovery Agency.
Her appointment was made through a general notice issued by CLE Chairperson Prof. Collins Odote.
The advocate of the High Court is also a Certified Public Secretary (CPS-K).
She holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in Comparative Constitutional Law from the Central European University, a second LLM in Public international Law from the University of Nairobi and an Advanced Masters course in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oslo.
Gitiri also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Nairobi.
She is an awardee of the Head of State Commendation by the President for her outstanding service.
The Council welcomed her to her new role and requested staff and all stakeholders to accord her all the necessary support.
Her appointment comes a few weeks after Chief Justice Martha Koome picked Senior State Counsel Adow Mohamed to the National Council on Administration of Justice.
Adow is from office of attorney General now attached at Asset Recovery Agency has also achieved a lot in his career.
Adow was appointed after CJ dropped Dorcas Oduor, the secretary of prosecution from the outfit.
In a gazette notice, CJ Koome revoked the appointment of Oduor, who was appointed to the NCAJ on February 18th last year.
