Njonjo Mue is a Human Rights Lawyer and advocate of the High Court of Kenya. He is the Head of the International Centre for Transitional Justice’s Kenya Office in Nairobi. Prior to that, Mue served as the Head of Advocacy at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. He was educated at the University of Nairobi where he obtained an LL.B degree in 1990; Widener University School of Law, Delaware, USA; Kenya School of Law; Oxford University, UK, where he was a Rhodes Scholar and read for a Masters in International Law and Comparative Human Rights; Helsinki University where he obtained a diploma in Problems in Contemporary International Law; and the Nairobi International School of Theology where he obtained an MA in Christian Ministry and Leadership. Mue has vast experience in leading successful human rights organizations both in Kenya and abroad. He served as the Head of the Africa Office of ARTICLE 19 – The Global Campaign for Free Expression, in Johannesburg, South Africa; as Regional Director for Panos Eastern Africa based in Kampala, Uganda; and as Executive Director of Christians For a Just Society, which seeks to mobilize the Church for social action in Kenya. He also worked briefly as the Head of Policy and Advocacy with World Vision Kenya. Mue holds several leadership and human rights awards, including being named the youngest Jurist of the Year by the International Commission of Jurists in 2000 for his commitment to fighting for democracy, human rights and the rule of law; and the Anthony Dzuya Leadership Award by the Young Professionals Forum. He has been on the frontline of the struggle for human rights and democracy in Kenya and has been incarcerated several times in the course of his work. Mue currently serves on the Kenya Rhodes Scholars Selection Committee and the Research Ethics Committee of the Aga Khan Hospital University. He is a prolific writer and campaigner on human rights and social justice issues and has spoken to audiences at home and abroad including in the US, Europe, South America and several African countries. Mue is keen in citizens’ participation in reform initiatives through legislative advocacy and was a founder member of the Institute of Legislative Affairs on whose Board he sits. He is also a Fellow of the International Centre for Transitional Justice based in New York. Mue worships at the Nairobi Chapel where he serves on the Ushers Board. He is married to Ms. Katindi Sivi Njonjo, a policy analyst with the Institute of Economic Affairs in Nairobi.
