President Ruto appoints Prof. Makau Mutua as Constitutional Affairs advisor

Prof. Makau Mutua has landed a new job in the Kenya Kwanza administration, becoming the latest beneficiary of the broad-based government agreement between President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

This as President Ruto on Wednesday evening announced the appointment of Prof. Mutua as his Senior Advisor of Constitutional Affairs.

The Head of State noted that distinguished law professor, who served as Mr. Odinga’s presidential campaign secretariat spokesperson ahead of the 2022 polls, boasts a plethora of knowledge on the Constitution as well as human rights.

“I have appointed Prof Makau Mutua as the Senior Advisor of Constitutional Affairs in the Executive Office of the President. Prof Mutua brings a wealth of experience in legal, constitutional and human rights matters. Congratulations Prof Mutua,” Ruto said in a statement.

“I welcome you to join a dynamic team of public servants in the implementation of our Bottom Up Economic Transformation Agenda.”

Prof. Mutua, who also doubled as the head of Mr. Odinga’s 2022 presidential campaign thinktank, is a former Dean at SUNY Buffalo Law School.

From 1991-1996, he was the Associate Director of the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program at Harvard University.

He was educated at the University of Nairobi, the University of Dar-es-Salaam, and at Harvard Law School, where he obtained a Doctorate of Juridical Science in 1987.

The professor is a former Vice President of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), where he also served as a member of the Executive Council, and was the Co-Chair of the 2000 Annual Meeting of ASIL.

In 2003, Prof. Mutua was appointed by the Government of Kenya Chair of the Task Force on the Establishment of a Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission.