Justice (Rtd.) Violet Mavisi
Head, Sikika OGM
Kakuzi Plc
Ms Mavisi is a lawyer with over thirty years of experience in civil and criminal assignments. She holds a law degree from the University of Nairobi and a Masters of Arts degree in Governance and Development from the University of Sussex.
She is also a Chevening Fellow. She has worked in the public service as a prosecutor with the Attorney General's Chambers, as the First Vice-Chair and Commissioner with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and as a Presiding Judge with the Interim Independent Constitutional Court. She has also worked in the private sector as an advocate and also in the Non-Governmental sector.
Mavisi is currently an Independent consultant in the area of Human Rights, Governance, Gender and Health.
She has consulted for the public service and several governmental and Non-governmental organizations like the National Gender and Equality Commission, The Kenya Judiciary, International Development Law Organization, The Attorney General/Department of Justice, The National Police Service, The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNDP, FIDA (K), The International Commission of Jurist (K) Chapter and KELIN, thus developing competencies in legal research, legal drafting, governance, gender, health, project cycle management and process consulting evaluations, election-related work, capacity strengthening and training and facilitation of meetings both locally and internationally.
Some of her previous engagements include: Development of a Human Rights Strategy and implementation plan for the National Police Service, Development of the Judiciary Bench Book on Electoral Disputes Resolution, Chairing the Malindi Public Inquiry into allegations of Human Rights Violations in Magarini, Malindi;
A lead consultant in the development of a joint Government of Kenya and UN Gender-Based Violence Strategy, Development of Know Your Rights Manual for Persons Living with HIV/TB, Development of the rules of the court under the Witness Protection Act, Participated in the assessment of Equality and Inclusion at the National and County Government and Private Sector in Kenya commissioned by the National Gender and Equality Commission, and training of Community Paralegals among other assignments.