His leafy Nairobi address is denoted by a seven. And, like a wearer of the number 7 shirt in any football team, lawyer Sharad Rao is a prized player in Kenya’s legal circles.
Starting his law practice in 1960, where he remembers defending some of the people who were agitating for Kenya’s independence, and engaging in private practice for nearly two decades before he joined the government, where he peaked as the Director of Public Prosecutions, Rao has been on the attacking and defending side of things in various courtrooms. A Cristiano Ronaldo-esque number 7, if you may.
