Kenya Law Students Scoops Continental Award

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Kenyan Law students Sidney Tambasi and Martin Kioko from Kenyatta University School of Law have been crowned winners of the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition in Africa.

The duo emerged winners after beating their counterparts from 38 universities in Africa.

The team trounced the combined team of Stellenbosch University (South Africa) and Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) in the finals.

Quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals were held at the Stellenbosch University, Western Cape province, in South Africa.

The Kenyatta University student shared the victory stage with Ivory Coast’s Felix Houphouet-Boigny University in a format that sort to bring together one English-speaking team with one French-speaking team to form one group for either side of the finalists.

Tambasi and Kioko who are also finalists of last year’s Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition where they beat Oxford University (UK) in the semis are both fourth year students at Kenyatta University.

Speaking at Stellenbosch University, shortly after the announcement, the winning duo thanked the Kenyatta University staff and the support team that steered them to victory.

“We are greatly indebted to everyone that supported us and ensured that we make the podium finish,” said Tambasi.

The biggest physical forum in the human rights calendar in Africa, African Human Rights Moot Court Competition brings together students, scholars, practitioners, and leading jurists in Africa for a one-week contest.

The competition runs alongside a human rights conference which has a set date within the week for academics to present papers. This year’s theme for the event was tailored to focus on the equality of all people in the face of Africa’s huge diversities.

This year’s competition marks a milestone that going forward will see the event renamed from the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition to Cristof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition in honour of Prof Heys who was a GIANT human rights professor in Africa based at the University of Pretoria, and was a member of the UN Human Rights Committee. Prof Heys passed on in March this year.

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