PLO Lumumba

Professor
PLO Lumumba
Director of Kenya School of Law
Assumed office
March 2014
Deputy Ms. Margaret Muigai
Preceded by Prof. Bitonye Kulundu
Director of Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission
In office
September 2010  August 2011
President Mwai Kibaki
Preceded by Aaron Ringera
Personal details
Born (1962-07-17) 17 July 1962
Kenya
Nationality Kenyan
Children 2
Alma mater University of Nairobi (LL.B), (LL.M)
Kenya School of Law (PGDip)
Ghent University (PhD)
Profession Lawyer
Religion Christian (Anglican)
Positions Founder, PLO Lumumba Fndn[1]
Dean, School of Law, Kabarak University

Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba (born 17 July 1962) is a Kenyan who served as the Director of Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission from September 2010 to August 2011[2] and is currently the Director of The Kenya School of Laws since the year 2014.[3] An eloquent lawyer, he holds a PhD in Laws of the sea from the University of Ghent in Belgium. He is also a staunch Pan-Africanist and has delivered several powerful speeches alluding to or about African solutions to African problems.

He is an admirer of Patrice Lumumba and Thomas Sankara, the deceased revolutionary leaders of the D.R. Congo and the Burkina Fasso, respectively. He is also remembered for his emotion laden and energetic speech in Uganda at the third Anti-Corruption Convention. He has referred to and quoted them several times in his speeches. On August 28th, 2015, the PAV Ansah Foundation invited him to speak at the 2015 PAVA Forum on Good Governance, Whither Africa?[4]

2015 PAVA Forum

At the lecture, he expressed his serious concern about the energy crises that African leaders have allowed to reach such a devastating stage. He also talked about the issue of African youth fleeing the continent. He blamed them on the economic hardships and the "misgovernment" from their leaders. Lumumba encouraged African leaders to rise up to the challenge of changing the fortunes of the continent.

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