MAKAU MUTUA
| YEAR OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| GENDER | MALE |
| OCCUPATION | LAWYER |
Makau Mutua is a Kenyan, currently, he is a SUNY Distinguished Professor and Margaret W. Wong Professor at Buffalo Law School.
Makau Mutua was born in 1958 in Kitui County. He is the second born of seven children.
Makau Mutua Education Background
Mutua started his educational journey at Kitui school later joining Alliance Boys High School.
He studied his undergraduate studies at the University of Nairobi in 1979, however, he attained his law degree from the University of Dar-es-Salam in 1983.
Further, enrolled for a master’s at the same university in 1984.
Later, in 1985 he moved to Harvard Law School where he graduated with a master’s degree for the second time.
In 1987, he graduated with a doctorate in law from Harvard University.
Career Background
He began his teaching career at the University of Dar-es-Salam where he taught international trade from 1983 to 1984.
He went on to teach at the State University of New York, Deusto Bilbao University in Spain, and the United Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica.
Makau also taught University of Puerto Rico School of Law San Juan, the University of Iowa College of Law, and Harvard Law School.
He is experienced as an International Human Rights lawyer for Law Group Ferguson Fellow in 1985.
Further, from 1989 to 1991 he was a legal advisor for Litvin, Blumberg, Matusow, and Young Philadelphia, associate at white and Case New York, and director of the African project for the Lawyers Committee in New York.
Moreover, he is currently the SUNY Distinguished Professor and Margret W. Wong professor at Buffalo Law School.
In 2016, he made an unsuccessful attempt for the office of Chief Justice at the Supreme Court of Kenya.
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Achievements
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and chairman of the Kenya Human Rights Commission.
Additionally, Mutua has written several books including Kenya’s quest for democracy, and human rights NGOs in East Africa.
He has conducted many human rights missions in Africa, Latin America, And Europe.
Mutua has lectured and spoken at public fora in many parts of the world, including Japan, Brazil, France, and Ethiopia
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Family
Makau is married to Athena Harris and has children.
Net Worth
Though his net worth is not publicly known, he owns the multimillion Kitui Villa Hotel.
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