By OUMA WANZALAMore by this AuthorKenya has stopped the admission of students from Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda for post-graduate studies at the Kenya School of Law, a decision that has attracted strong protests. KSL board chief executive Patrick Lumumba said the decision was arrived at following a directive from the Council of Legal Education. Prof Bitonye said the issue was discussed at the task force on legal sector reforms convened by the office of the attorney-general and the department of Justice. Uganda Law Society boss Francis Gimara, in a November 22 letter to Law Society of Kenya president Isaac Okero, said the directive was inconsistent with the spirit of liberalising legal service in the region. “The common market protocol made commitments on free movement of legal...and representation services in judicial procedures...with no restrictions,” the letter said.

Source: Daily Nation November 27, 2016 20:49 UTC