Introducing: Aspiring LSK Council Member, Ekaterina Handa

Someone might ask, who is Ekaterina Handa? The name Ekaterina is not strange among Kenyans especially those familiar with the International Criminal Court (ICC) proceedings. Former ICC Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova was among the two judges who confirmed charges against Kenya’s top politicians but this is not the Ekaterina we are talking about. Today we’re talking about Ekaterina Handa.

Ekaterina Handa is a lecturer at the Kenyatta University School of Law in Nairobi, Kenya. She is also an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya as well as a Commissioner for Oaths and Notary Public.

A Partner at Gitonga, Kinyanjui & Co. Advocates, Ekaterina Handa is a holder of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) and Masters of Laws (LL.M) from the University of Nairobi. She is also a holder of a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Studies from Kenya School of Law. It is said that educating a man is educating an individual but educating a woman is educating a society. Ekaterina Handa is an example of an inspiration to our mothers and sisters and the society in general that scaling the heights of education and making it in life all depends on the will to work and mean whatever you need in life.

Ekaterina Handa is also a holder of Postgraduate Certificate of Advance Studies awarded to Arbitration Practitioners by the Swiss Arbitration Academy, Universities of Neuchatel and Luzern, Switzerland.

The Law Society of Kenya needs such brains so as to propel the organization from one step to the next. Ekaterina Handa is now seeking to join the LSK Council Member, Nairobi Branch. According to her, the opportune time for skilled and professional lawyers to put their elected council to work as well as opening doors of opportunity to all the members and, in the process, rebuild the professional reputation of LSK, its probity, inclusivity as well as independence and all that will be reclaiming the society.

Article by Juma Fred.