The rank of Senior Counsel is conferred in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee on Senior Counsel, to Advocates of the High Court of Kenya who have distinguished themselves by rendering exemplary service In the legal and public service arenas.

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“His Excellency conveys his warmest felicitations to the twenty-four Advocates whose contributions to law and development have secured their place at the a, of their profession and at the highest levels of the national conscience. The date for the conferment ceremony will be scheduled and notified in due course, ” the statement reads in part.

Kenya currently has 26 Senior Counsels.

The last time the prestigious title, similar to the Queen’s Counsel in the British legal system, was conferred was in 2012.