Biography
Mercy Okiro is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Commissioner of Oaths and Notary Public. She is an Accredited Tutor and Assessor of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) and the Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration (NCIA) and Adjunct Faculty Member at the Kenya School of Law and Strathmore University. She holds a Master of Arts degree in International Studies from the University of Nairobi. She is awaiting a Master of Laws degree in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration from the Queen Mary University of London in 2022. She holds professional certifications inter alia, in Corporate Governance, ESG issues, Trade law and Policy, Legal Audits, and the resolution of Sports disputes. She was feted in 2019 as the “The Young African Arbitration Practitioner of the year 2019”, was listed as one of Africa’s Most Promising Young Arbitrators 2020 by the Association of Young Arbitrators and was named as 2nd runner-up ADR Practitioner of the Year in 2021 by the Law Society of Kenya, Nairobi Branch.
