•Havi said the society will constitute an electoral board and approve IEBC to conduct the LSK elections next year.
•He was elected president of the Law society on February 27, 2020, defeating three other candidates who contested for the presidency.
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Law Society of Kenya president Nelson Havi has said that he has done enough, as he gets ready to exit the helm after a tumultuous term.
In a tweet on Monday, Havi said the society will constitute an electoral board and approve IEBC to conduct the LSK elections next year.
“With over 20 Judgments against Government, advisory for dissolution of Parliament and stop of BBI we have done enough,” he said in a tweet announcing his exit.
Havi said his last assignment will be conducting the LSK SGM on September 24, 2021.
"We will constitute the Elections Board and approve IEBC to conduct elections on 17-3-2022."
Havi was elected president of the Law society on February 27, 2020, defeating three other candidates who contested for the presidency.
He was elected to serve a two-year term.
The other candidates included; lawyers Harriette Chiggai, Maria Mbeneka and Charles Kanjama.
His campaign mantra was 'a brave new bar, promising to restore LSK’s lost glory', and his agenda was centered on three key pillars; monitoring legislation, defending the rule of law and Constitutionalism.
Havi was the only candidate who had not served in the LSK Council.
Under the current LSK law, the president only serves a one two-year term.
Havi's tenure has, however, had its fair share of ups and downs with the battle for control of LSK affairs between him and CEO Mercy Wambua which resulted in back and forth court cases.
This also led to emergence of factions among officials of the LSK, as well as members of the society.
As the LSK wrangles escalated, Wambua reported Havi to the police accusing him of assault at their Gatanga Road-based offices during a meeting.
"I missed slap from him by a whisker," she said, adding that in the melee, she also had her arm and finger injured.
Havi, however, denied assaulting Wambua, saying she was a stranger at a society meeting, but insisted on attending, at which point she closed her laptop and told her to leave. It is as the laptop was being closed that Wambua sustained injuries on her finger.
Havi went on to advertise and shortlist three applicants for the chief executive position, a move that was stopped by Justice Maureen Onyango, preserving Wambua as the CEO of the society, pending the hearing of a case filed in court on July 29.
A day later, the LSK president announced the retention of Josephat Mutisya to succeed Wambua.
The society had invited applicants for the position on June 29, and by the end of the application period on July 14, three people had applied.
The three were Mutua Nzioka, Juliette Jakaila, and Mutisya.
Havi also appointed Jakaila as the Director Compliance and Ethics/Deputy Secretary of Council and CEO and Veronicah Achieng as Director Practice and Standards.
Edited by CM