Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba (born 17 July 1962) is a Kenyan lawyer and activist. He is the director of the

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and served as the director of the

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from July 2010 to August 2011.

Education

Lumumba earned his LLB and LLM degrees at the University of Nairobi. His LLM thesis is titled ''National Security And Fundamental Rights.'' Additionally, Lumumba holds a

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in Laws of the Sea from the

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. His PhD thesis is entitled Exclusive economic zone, the use delimitation of economic zones.

Academic and public positions

Lumumba was the secretary of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission, whose proposed draft constitution was rejected in a 2005 referendum.

Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission

On 23 July 2010, Lumumba was named as the new director of the

. He took office on 26 July, succeeding

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. The commission launched several high-profile investigations during his tenure, but none led to significant criminal convictions. After just over a year in office, on 29 August 2011, Lumumba and his four deputies vacated their offices as required by the recently enacted Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act, which replaced the commission with a new Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. During the parliamentary debate on the new legislation, several politicians had been highly critical of Lumumba's performance.

Kenya School of Law

On 17 March 2014, Lumumba took office as director of the

. In August 2018, he said that he would not seek another term in the office.

Political views and public speaking

He is a notable

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and has delivered several speeches alluding to or about African solutions to African problems. He is an admirer of

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, the first president of

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, and of

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and

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, the assassinated revolutionary leaders of the

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and

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respectively. Lumumba has referred to and quoted them several times in his speeches. Lumumba is also remembered for his emotion-laden and energetic speech in

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at the third Anti-Corruption Convention. On August 28, 2015, the PAV Ansah Foundation invited Lumumba to speak at the 2015 PAVA Forum on "Good Governance and tiop, Whither Africa?" At the lecture, Lumumba expressed his serious concern about the energy crises that African leaders have allowed to reach such a devastating stage. Lumumba also talked about the issue of African youth fleeing the continent. Lumumba blamed them on the economic hardships and the "misgovernment" from their leaders. Lumumba encouraged African leaders to rise to the challenge of changing the fortunes of the continen

In 2017, Lumumba gave a moving speech to youths in Kenya on importance of making bold choice at The Fearless conference 2017. In July 2023, Lumumba gave the keynote speech at the ten-year anniversary celebration of the

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, a South African political party. The event, held at the

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, attracted protests because of Lumumba's views about homosexuality, including his support for Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill. In 2024, Lumumba started hosting a TV show, ''Lumumba's Africa'', on the Russian state-owned RT TV network.

Personal life

According to Lumumba, he has practiced martial arts since 1975 and is a third dan black belt in

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. Prof Lumumba is married to Celestine Lumumba and together, they have two daughters.

Books

Lumumba has written several books on law and politics: * ''Kenya's Quest for a Constitution: The Postponed Promise'' * ''Call for political hygiene in Kenya'' * ''An Outline of Criminal Procedure in Kenya'' * ''Judicial review in Kenya'' * ''Call for Hygiene in Kenyan Politics'' * ''The Quotable P.L.O. Lumumba'' * ''Judicial review of administrative actions in Kenya'' * ''A handbook on criminal procedure in Kenya'' * ''Stolen Moments'' * ''The Constitution of

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, 2010: An Introductory Commentary'' * ''Mhhh Afrika!!!'' * ''Ang'o marach?''

References

External links

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