Florence Simbiri-Jaoko 
Chairperson

Florence Simbiri-Jaoko is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She holds an LLB from the University of Nairobi and LLM from the University of Bristol (England). She is a graduate of the Kenya School of Law where she won the Humphrey Slade Award for best student in Professional Ethics. She is an alumnus of the Les Aspin Centre for Democracy and Governance run by the Marquette University and the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute (Nova Scotia, Canada). Prior to joining the National Commission, Jaoko was a lecturer at the University of Nairobi and the Kenya School of Law. She has served as  a Magistrate and a Principal Deputy Registrar of the High Court of Kenya and has extensive experience in judicial and human rights training. She served as a Research Assistant to the Task Force on the laws relating to auctioneers as well as the Secretary to the Committee on Community Service Orders; both initiatives culminated into statutory enactments. She served as the Secretary to the Legal Sector Reform Coordinating Committee and has been a consultant to the World Bank and DFID on legal and judicial reforms. Jaoko is a member of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya Chapter), International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA, Kenya Chapter), and International Association of Refugee Judges

Hassan Omar Hassan 
Vice Chairperson
Commissioner Hassan Omar Hassan holds a Bachelors of Law degree (LLB) from Moi University, Kenya. He has vast experience in the field of human rights having been involved with several human rights initiatives and organizations.  He was actively involved in human rights advocacy and training under the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM), the Muslim for Human Rights (MUHURI) and the Kenya National Students Union (KENASU) where he served as Chairman. He  received training on governance and democracy from the Les Aspin Centre for Government, Washington DC, USA. Commissioner Hassan was founder and board member of both the Muslim Consultative Council (MCC)-a human rights and constitutional change lobby group and National Coordinator of the Muungano wa Mageuzi (Movement for Change) lobby group which advocated for the expansion of democratic space in Kenya in the period leading to the 2002 General Election. He has worked in the private sector in the field of publishing and communications. He briefly served in the Kenya Armed Forces, was the Secretary General of the East Africa Youth Council (EAYCO)-Kenya Chapter, a committee member of the National Constitutional Education Facilitative Committee (NACEFCO) and is former Chairman of Moi University Students Organization (MUSO) and the Council for University Students of East Africa (CUSEA).

Wambui Wamucii Kimathi
Commissioner Wambui Kimathi studied Political Science at the University of Nairobi  where she is currently working on her Masters degree in the same area. She has a Post Graduate Diploma from the University of Nairobi’s School of Journalism.  Commissioner Kimathi was awarded a Hubert Humphrey Fellowship for a year (1997/98) at American University during which she took studies in Public Policy and did professional affiliation at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Federation of Electoral Systems (IFES) in Washington DC. She has a Diploma in Finance Management from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). She joined the KNCHR from the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) where she worked as Deputy Executive Director/Programs Coordinator. She worked with the Institute for Education in Democracy (IED) as Senior Program Officer in charge of the Electoral Process Program. She has extensive experience in policy work, elections monitoring and campaign management and has done related consultancies in Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda and Nigeria. In the recent past Ms Kimathi has undertaken performance management training through an Executive Development Course at Harvard Business School and International Program for Development Evaluation (IPDET) in Carleton University, Canada.

Winfred Osimbo Lichuma
Commissioner Winfred Osimbo Lichuma holds a Master of Law degree in International Human Rights Law from the University of Essex, United Kingdom and a Master of Arts in Gender and Development from the University of Nairobi.She has worked in both the public and private sectors. She served the Judiciary in various capacities rising up to the position of a Senior Resident Magistrate. Commissioner Lichuma was a Legal Affairs Advisor/Manager with the National Aids Control Council (NACC), Kenya where she was instrumental in the area of human rights and legal issues in respect to HIV and AIDS with her work culminating in the development of the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Act 2006. She is an expert in mainstreaming human rights, gender and HIV and Aids in development programmes. She has also worked with the Children’s Legal Centre, a human rights NGO promoting and protecting children’s rights in England for one year. She is a member of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA, Kenya Chapter), International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya Chapter) and the Institute Certified Public Secretaries (ICPS). 

Ms. Fatuma Ibrahim

Ms. Fatuma Ibrahim has a Masters degree in Agricultural Extension from the University of Reading, UK. She has worked with Ministry of Agriculture advancing programs targeting women in North Eastern Province, and with GTZ promoting environmental conservation at refugees’ camps in Dadaab, Garissa. She was involved in a United Nation Fund for women (UNIFEM) gender justice project as a researcher and has vast experience in refugees/asylum seekers having worked on the issue in London. Commissioner Ibrahim was instrumental in establishing Pastoralists Organisation for Women Empowerment and Rights (POWER) to address the needs and concerns of pastoralists women and ensure the eradication of negative cultural practices and traditions. She was a delegate at the Constitutional Review conference representing women’s organizations.
She was first appointed as a commissioner in July, 2003 and served as the vice chair on the Commission before the expiry of her first term in July 2007.

Lawrence Murugu Mute
Commissioner Lawrence Murugu Mute has a law degree from the University of Nairobi and a Master of Law from Warwick University. Prior to joining the KNCHR, Mute worked as the Deputy Executive Director of the Centre for Law and Research International (CLARION). Commissioner Mute’s areas of expertise are in constitutionalism, governance, media and disability. He has published widely on constitutional issues. As a person with disability, and in view of research he has undertaken in this area, Mute is well-placed to deal with human rights issues pertaining to this sector of society.

Mr. Mute was first appointed as commissioner to the National Commission in July 2003.


Dr. Samuel Kipngetich arap Tororei
Prior to his appointment as a commission to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, Dr. Tororei was a lecturer at Moi University and the Lead Consultant with Empowerment Resources Development Centre (ERDC).  He is a Human Ecologist and a Health Economist with a D. Phil in Human Ecology (Moi University), an Msc in Health Planning and Financing (London School of Economics). 

He has long and wide experience and expertise in disability and Non-Governmental work; University teaching at all levels and played the role of policy negotiation and dialogue in the Constitution of Kenya Review Process;

He has also consulted for the Government in the development of the Social Protection Strategic Plan, development of the National Disability Policy and market oriented Vocational Rehabilitation and Training programmes for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs),  UNESCO in the development of the Special Needs Education Policy for Kenya and coordinated the National Campaign on disability and HIV/AIDS;



Fatuma Adan Dullo

Mrs. Fatuma Dullo holds Bachelor of Law Degree from University of Nairobi and is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
She was until her appointment as a commissioner to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, a human rights/legal advisor to the National Council for Persons with Disabilities on behalf of the United National Development Programme - Kenya
Mrs. Dullo has worked in different capacities with the Provincial Administration, various human rights organizations and Ministry of Health for over 17 years and possesses wide experience on issues relating to human rights, Gender and Development, Disability rights, Children rights and pastoral livelihoods.

Anne Munyiva Kyalo Ngugi

Commissioner Anne Munyiva Kyalo – Ngugi holds a Master of Arts Gender  and Development degree from the University of Nairobi and LLB Honours Degree from the same University. She is a Certified Public Secretary. She has vast experience in women’s and children rights especially on gender based issues. Before her appointment as a Commissioner at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, she was the Chair/Director and a founder member of the Women’s Rights Awareness Programme WRAP. Before then, she had served as the Programme Coordinator – Gender and Human Rights for SNV/Kenya Netherlands Development organization, the Company Secretary for Longhorn Kenya Limited and chief legal advisor for the Kenyatta National Hospital. She has published several publications among them the laws of succession, Law relating to Marriage, Best practices on gender based violence and Pocket directory of service providers in Nairobi. She is a member of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA Kenya Chapter), Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT), Association on African Women in Research and Development (AAWORD), Kenya Women’s Political Caucus KWPC and Center for Land economy and rights of Women (CLEAR).

Mohamed Konso Hallo - Commission Secretary

Mohamed Konso Hallo studied Sociology and Community Development at the University of Nairobi where he graduated with BA honors degree in 1986. He is currently working on his MA degree in the same field at the UoN. Hallo also holds an MSc. degree in Development Management from Open University in Denmark and is an alumnus of Les Aspen Centre for Democracy and Governance run by Marquette University, USA and the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) in Philippines on Participatory Development and Management. Hallo is a founder member and former Executive Director of the Eastern African Rural Reconstruction Association, an Alumni Association for Training and Participatory Development and Management in Eastern African Countries based in Nairobi. Hallo has previously worked with ActionAid, Oxfam GB, Afghan Aid and Islamic Relief Worldwide for over 20 years addressing poverty issues in Africa and Asia. He has expertise in promoting community development, advocacy campaigns, and working with public, private and NGO sectors.  Hallo has a wealth of experience in in motivating multi-skilled teams in the NGO sector and on institutional and organizational capacity building of development partners in fighting poverty and suffering amongst the poor.