Background
Okoth-Ogendo, Hastings Wilfred Opinya was born on July 1, 1944 in Kisumu, Kenya. Son of Samuel and Jennifer (Akumu) Okoth-Ogendo.
Okoth-Ogendo, Hastings Wilfred Opinya was born on July 1, 1944 in Kisumu, Kenya. Son of Samuel and Jennifer (Akumu) Okoth-Ogendo.
Bachelor of Laws, University East Africa, Tanzania, 1970. Bachelor of Civil Law, Oxford (England) University, 1972. Doctor of Juridical Science, Yale University, 1978.
Lecturer, U. Nairobi, Kenya, 1970-1978;
senior lecturer, U. Nairobi, Kenya, 1978-1984;
associate professor, U. Nairobi, Kenya, 1984-1988;
professor public law, University Nairobi, Kenya, since 1988;
visiting professor, Boston University, Massachusetts, 1986;
visiting professor, U. Florida Law School, 1987;
visiting professor, New York University, 1997. Dean faculty of law U. Nairobi, 1978-1986, department chairman public law, 1978-1986, director Population Studies and Research Institute, 1986-1990. Director IPPF Center for African Family Studies, Nairobi, 1990-1994.
International consultant to United Nations agys. and goverments on agrarian reform systems and legislation, water management, and natural resource use.
Member Commission for Higher Education, Kenya, since 1986. Member Attorney-General's Task Force on Public Security and Public Order Laws, 1994— member Standing Committee on Human Rights, Kenya, since 1996. Chairman Insurance Appeals Tribunal, Kenya, since 1989, National Council for Population and Development, Kenya, since 1993.
Member International Law Association, Commission on Environmental Law, Commission on Environmental Strategy and Planning, International Association Constitutional Law.
Married Ruth Winnie Adhiambo, August 11, 1977. Children: Niki, Tshazi, Rodney, Wilfred, Anmarie.