About the firm

Okemwa & Co. Advocates

A Nairobi litigation practice focused on judicial review, constitutional and administrative law, JSC disciplinary proceedings, and employment disputes. Legal audits, certified mediation, property, and insurance law.

A focused litigation practice

Public-law advocacy built on preparation and precision.

Okemwa & Co. Advocates acts for judicial officers, Judiciary staff, magistrates, registrars, public officers, state officers, employees, institutions and private litigants in matters involving administrative action, constitutional rights, disciplinary processes and employment decisions.

The firm also undertakes judicial review of decisions by State bodies, commissions, tribunals and regulatory authorities under Article 47 of the Constitution, alongside legal audits, certified mediation, property conveyancing, and insurance litigation.

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Specialist focus

— Constitutional and administrative law litigation
— Judicial review and merit review proceedings
— Employment and labour relations disputes
— JSC disciplinary proceedings & judicial officer defense

Judgments & appeals

Mr. Okemwa has appeared in over two dozen Court of Appeal matters and four Supreme Court of Kenya appeals, including landmark cases (Karani, Nyagol, Kamande, Judiciary v LMN, Njora, & Shollei) that shaped Kenyan constitutional and administrative jurisprudence.

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Research & service

Jason Kefa Okemwa is a Certified Professional Mediator (MTI), Director of Legal Outcomes think tank, and Advisory Board Member and Legal Consultant to Boxgirls Kenya.

Leadership

Jason Kefa Okemwa

Managing Partner | Advocate of the High Court of Kenya | Certified Professional Mediator

Jason Kefa Okemwa is an expert in constitutional litigation, judicial review and employment law, with particular focus on fair administrative action under Article 47 of the Constitution. His practice has been crafted, built and perfected over the last 12 years, through sustained work in complex constitutional, administrative and employment disputes before the superior courts. He has appeared in over two dozen Court of Appeal matters and four appeals before the Supreme Court of Kenya, including cases that have contributed to the development of constitutional, administrative and employment law.

Professional approach

The firm assesses the decision, documents, governing law and procedural posture before advising on a judicial review application, constitutional petition, employment claim, legal audit, disciplinary response or appeal. Advice is tailored to the facts and no outcome is guaranteed.

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Public-law advocacy built on preparation and precision.

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Jason Kefa Okemwa

Managing Partner | Advocate of the High Court of Kenya | Certified Professional Mediator