Willy Mutunga
1947 – ? Kenyan lawyer, academic, Chief Justice of Kenya 2011-2016
Law scholar detained without trial in 1982 who later became Kenya's first chief justice under the 2010 constitution.
- Affiliations
- December Twelve Movement, Kenya Human Rights Commission
Willy Mutunga was a University of Nairobi law lecturer active in the left-leaning underground of the early 1980s. He was detained without trial in 1982 during the crackdown that followed the failed air force coup. After his release he became a leading human rights advocate and helped build the Kenya Human Rights Commission. In 2011 he was appointed the first Chief Justice under Kenya's 2010 constitution, serving until 2016.
Works in the library
Connections
- associate of Maina wa Kinyatti — Fellow figure caught in the early-1980s crackdown on the underground left.
- associate of Maina wa Kinyatti — Fellow target of the early-1980s crackdown on the underground left.
In the timeline
- 1982 Kenya becomes a one-party state in law detainee during the crackdown
- 1982 The December Twelve Movement circulates Pambana figure linked to the underground movement
- 1982 Willy Mutunga detained without trial the detained lecturer