Lady Justice Effie Owuor: The first judge of the Court Of Appeal(Current Supreme Court)

Lady justice Effie Owuor arrives for the Moi day celebrations 28.2.93

Lady Justice Effie Owuor, a retired judge of the Court of Appeal of Kenya, had a distinguished legal career spanning 33 years. She has a distinction of having a series of “firsts” being the first woman state counsel, the first woman magistrate and the very first judge of the High Court and then of the Court of Appeal.

The appeals court was then the final jurisdiction before the Supreme Court was established in 2010. Alongside this illustrious career in the judiciary where she presided over criminal, family and succession cases, she was protecting children and advocating for women rights.