Mrs Jacqueline Waihenya Advocate, LLM (UON), Chartered Arbitrator FCIArb, Construction Adjudicator, Chartered Mediator, FCS

Jacqueline’s is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya having been admitted to the bar in 1998 and she is the Managing Partner of JWM LAW LLP which she founded in 2012. She holds an LLM from the University of Nairobi specializing in Public Finance & Financial Services Law. She is currently pursuing an LLM in International Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary University of London. She is the Vice Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – Kenya Branch and is a Fellow of CIARB and she holds a diploma in International Arbitration. She was the CIARB Kenya Branch Treasurer for 3 years before that and successfully steered the Institute’s treasury during the first year of the COVID Pandemic. She further holds an Advanced Certificate in Adjudication from the said Institute and is accredited as a Tutor with CIARB. She was appointed to represent CIARB on the National Steering Committee National Steering Committee for the Formulation of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy 2020. She is also a Chartered Mediator with the Institute of Chartered Mediators & Conciliators (CM-ICMC) and is one of the pioneer Kenya Judiciary Accredited Mediators. She is an Associate Editor of the ADR Journal of CIARB Kenya and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Mombasa Law Society Journal. She has published several peer reviewed articles in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration and Mediation and addressed various conferences. She sits on the Continuing Professional Development Committee of the Law Society of Kenya and is also the Treasurer of the Mombasa Law Society where she founded and convened the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee as well as the Admiralty & Maritime Committee. Jacqueline is also a Governance Practitioner. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Secretaries of Kenya (ICS) and she sits on the governing council of ICS. She is also an Accredited Governance Auditor, Legal Auditor and Governance Trainer as well as being a Patent Agent.