His name is Dr Laibuta Imaana. He holds a Laibuta has a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Law from University of Nairobi, Master of Law from London School of Economics a Post Graduate Studies from Kenya School of Law and Post Graduate Diploma in Law. He is also a trained mediator as he studied Alternative Dispute Resolution at the University of California in United States of America.
Laibuta has served as a commissioner at the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (Kenya), a chartered Arbitrator, the advocate of the High Court of Kenya for 26 years, law lecturer for 24 years, and an approved tutor and trainer, examiner, moderator and assessor for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Outside Kenya, Laibuta served as the Chairperson of the management board of the Kenya Chapter of Voluntary Services and a member of the executive council of the Kenya Society for the Blind and Chairman of the Education and Rehabilitation Committee.
The Appellate judge has co-facilitated numerous consultative workshops, seminars and conferences organized by the IDP Africa Forum, UNDPK, the Kenya Society for the Blind and the Law Reform Commission on the UN Convention and domestic legislation on the rights of persons with disabilities. In Botswana, he worked with the World Health Organisation and the Government of Botswana (Ministry of Health) for the development of the National Policy on Disability.
Dr Imaana Laibuta was sworn in as Kenya’s first blind judge in 2021 as the court of Appeal judge by former President Uhuru Kenyatta. Laibuta lost his sight at age 22 while in his first year of university studies. According to him, this was purely a medical accident where he got treated with chloroquine poisoning for malaria that left him blind.The judge is also a part-time golf player.
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