Attorney General Prof Githu Muigai has resigned.
Prof Muigai will leave his State Law Office job six-and-a-half years after he took office in August 2011.
He will be replaced, if approved by the National Assembly, by President of the Court of Appeal Justice Paul Kihara Kariuki.
“I
have received with regret the resignation of Attorney General Prof.
Githu Muigai. I thank him for his service for the last six and a half
years,” President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a tweet from his official
account.
That tweet was sent out at 2.51 p.m.
“I
wish to place on record, on my own behalf and on behalf of the people
of Kenya, our gratitude for the committed and dedicated service that
Professor Muigai has accorded to our nation over the last six and a half
years that he has served in the office of Attorney General. I wish
Professor Muigai all the very best in the next phase of his professional
career,” a statement emailed to newsrooms later said.
No explanation was given for his resignation.
Prof
Muigai took over from Amos Wako in August 2011 following the
promulgation of the 2010 Constitution that required him (Mr Wako) to
exit office.
Mr Wako, now the Busia County Senator, had served for two decades as the country’s top legal adviser.
Prof
Muigai holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Nairobi,
a master's degree in International Law from Columbia University School
of Law and was awarded a doctorate degree in law in November 2002.
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