LSK condemns killings of two advocates, calls for nationwide march

The Law Society of Kenya has strongly condemned what it describes as the tragic killings of advocates Esther Wairimu Keige and Edward Muthee Kariuki, who died just days apart. LSK President Charles Kanjama termed the deaths an attack on the administration of justice, saying the loss of the two advocates within a span of just two days cannot be dismissed as a coincidence. Kanjama has also called for an audit of all contested land acquisition, leasing and alienation matters handled by the Kenya Forest Service legal department over the past 12 months to establish whether Esther Wairimu Keige's death was linked to the discharge of her official duties. The advocates' body has further called for a nationwide march of lawyers this Friday in solidarity with their fallen colleagues.