The President of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) Eric Theuri on Monday, October 16 reported the arrest of another alleged fake lawyer.
Theuri noted that together with the Nairobi Branch Rapid Response Team, LSK caused the arrest after confirming that Sharon Adunya Atieno impersonated one advocate identified as Sharon Atieno Obade.
Notably, she was using the name Sharon Atieno Adunya Obade to carry out duties as an advocate of Kenya.
“This afternoon together with the Nairobi Branch Rapid Response Team we caused the arrest of Sharon Adunya Atieno who had impersonated one of our Advocates and was using the alias Sharon Atieno Adunya Obade,” he wrote on his X account.
Further, the LSK president noted that the lady had forged a national identity card under the alias Sharon Atieno Adunya Obade.
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Theuri also reported that the alleged imposter advocate had a fake practicing certificate to aid her illegal enterprise.
The LSK president in his statement revealed that the culprit is in police custody at Capital Police Station and was awaiting further investigations and arraignment in court.
“She is currently held at Capitol Police Station pending investigations and arraignment in Court,” he wrote.
In addition, Theuri commended members of Law Society of Kenya for alerting them of the incident, further vowing to continue with the fight against imposters in the field of law.
“We will not relent in this fight. The operation to rid masquerades will be intensive, thorough and unrelenting,” he added.
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Notably, this arrest comes at the backdrop of the case of another alleged fake lawyer Brian Mwenda.
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Mwenda was accused of impersonating another advocate identified as Brian Mwenda Ntwiga.
Further, the Society noted that the genuine Mwenda had not applied for a practicing license right after being admitted to the bar since he was still working in the Attorney General’s chamber.
LSK declared Mwenda a criminal called for his arrest.