PHILOMENA MWILU
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15th,1957 |
| GENDER | Female |
| FAMILY | Married to Amos Wako |
| OCCUPATION | Deputy Chief Justice |
Biography
Lady Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu is the Deputy Chief Justice (DCJ) and an advocate of the High Court of Kenya with over 33 years’ experience in the legal profession.
Philomena Mwilu Education
Mwilu studied at Alliance Girls High School, thereafter, proceeded to study law at the University of Nairobi (UoN), graduating with a Bachelor of Laws.
In 1984, the High Court of Kenya admitted her as an advocate. She returned to the University of Nairobi for a Master of Laws Degree, graduating in 2018.
Philomena also holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree and a Master of Law degree from the University of Nairobi.
Career
Mwilu was in private legal practice in various law firms in Nairobi for the first seven years following her admission to the Bar.
Afterwards, she ventured into the corporate world working as a Senior Legal Officer in insurance.
Thereafter, she served as Board Secretary in charge of the day-to-day running of a State Corporation in regulation and the Deputy Chairperson of the Energy Tribunal.
Mwilu later served as Director on the Board of the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company before her appointment as a Puisne Judge in 2007.
The Lady Justice first served in the Commercial Division of the High Court in Nairobi and later the High Court in Eldoret.
However, she was later transferred to Nairobi where she worked at the Criminal Division and subsequently headed the Environment and Land Division of the High Court.
In November 2012, following a competitive selection process, Lady Justice Mwilu was promoted to the Court of Appeal and served as a Judge of Appeal until her appointment as Deputy Chief Justice. She took the Oath of Office on October 28, 2016.
She was elected by her colleague judges of the Supreme Court to represent them as a Commissioner at the Judicial Service Commission on 3rd May 2017.
Other Posts
Deputy Chief Justice Mwilu also serves as the Judiciary Ombudsman and the Chair of the Implementation Monitoring Committee of the Sustaining Judiciary Transformation (SJT): A Service Delivery Agenda 2017 – 2021, the Honorable the Chief Justice’s five-year strategic blueprint for the institution.
Philomena Mwilu was decorated by the former Head of State, H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta with the award of Moran of the Golden Heart on 11th April 2017.
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