Fred Ngatia: A lawyer for the elite, anchored in faith and free from vanity

Senior Counsel Fred Ngatia during an interview at his office in Upper Hill, Nairobi on December 17, 2024.

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As far as institutional memories and libraries go, none is more storied than the life of Fred Ngatia, Senior Counsel. He has represented anyone who is anyone, having been the lead counsel for former President Uhuru Kenyatta in three presidential election petitions at the Supreme Court, and the late Vice President George Saitoti when he challenged his prosecution over the Sh158 billion Goldenberg scandal.

But he, Ngatia, considers himself more of an audience avatar for the downtrodden, where, for instance, he, pro bono, took the Francis Karioko Muruatetu case at the Supreme Court, leading to its declaration as unconstitutional to impose a mandatory death sentence on convicts.

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