F Ochieng

Background

Ochieng was born in 1956 in Kenya. The country gained independence from Britain in 1963, several years after his birth, and his later legal career developed within the national legal institutions that followed.

Education

Ochieng holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Nairobi. The institution's history begins with the Royal Technical College of East Africa, founded in 1956, and it became an independent university in 1970 under an Act of Parliament. The university's Faculty of Law describes its vision as becoming a centre of excellence in legal education, training, research and consultancy.

In Kenya, an undergraduate law degree is normally followed by training at the Kenya School of Law, the country's bar school, which prepares candidates for admission to the Kenyan Bar.

Career

Ochieng's documented professional career is based in Nairobi, where he is a partner at Kaplan & Stratton Advocates. The firm was established in 1938 and is regarded as one of Kenya's oldest law firms, offering legal services to domestic and international clients across company, commercial and finance matters.

The firm is also a founder member of Lex Africa, a network of independent law firms spanning 28 African countries. Within this setting, a partnership in a Kenyan firm of this kind is a senior professional position in an advocacy practice that serves clients across the East African region.

Membership

Ochieng is a member of the Law Society of Kenya. The Society was formed in 1948 under the Law Society of Kenya Ordinance of 1949 and is the country's premier bar association, with membership comprising all practising advocates.

Its statutory objectives include maintaining and improving the standards of conduct and learning of the legal profession in Kenya, and promoting the rule of law throughout the country.

• Law Society of Kenya , Kenya