Eric Mutua

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Eric Kyalo Mutua (born 1970) is a Kenyan lawyer and politician. He has served as the chairman of the Law Society of Kenya [1] and as the treasurer of the East Africa Law Society [2] He unsuccessfully contested for Mwingi Central constituency Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya (WDM-K) nominations where he lost to Gideon Mulyungi, the incumbent Member of Parliament. [3]

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References

  1. "Lawyer Eric Mutua takes over as LSK chairman » Capital News". 17 February 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/uncategorized/international_law/international_bar_associations/east_africa_law_society.authcheckdam.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  3. "Mulyungi wins Mwingi Central Wiper MP repeat polls" . Retrieved 9 July 2017.