UoN wins Moot Court Competition

For the first time ever, UoN Law students won the 10th edition of the moot court competition.

Trevah Kamau won the overall best researcher while Yvonne Sarange and Joseph Njapit won the overall best oralists.

The moot Court competition event was organized by Kenyatta University and held at Kenyatta University, school of law from 21st -25th March 2022. The competition featured 23 teams from the 14 law schools across Kenya with each team comprising of three members, two oralists and one researcher.

Most schools, including the University of Nairobi, Faculty of Law, Parklands presented two teams. The topic of this year’s competition was “Elections” with a focus on issues that arise during every election period in Kenya.

The five-day event consisted of several events; day one opening ceremony and a seminar; day two seminar to discuss election issues in Kenya and help the competitors find insight for their arguments while discussing the election problem in Kenya. Preliminaries and presentations from researchers on their oral arguments was carried out on the third day. Quarterfinals and semi-finals was carried out on the fourth day. The final day consisted of presentations from the finalists and closing ceremony to announce the winners.

The University of Nairobi teams consisted of two teams of Lindsey Faith, David Macharia and Trevah Kamau for the first team, with Trevah as their researcher. Their team code was 1001. Team two was Yvonne Sarange, Joseph Njapit and Griffin Okemwa, with Griffin as their researcher. Their team code was 1014.

Congratulations to the winning teams!