Echessa & Bwire Advocates LLP is home to professional experts in Constitutional and Administrative Law, acting for clients both in prosecution of redresses under the Constitution and Public Law, and in defence of Petitions and Judicial Review applications.
The firm has acted in prosecution for redresses under the Constitution and in vindication of Public Law rights against the Government of Kenya, County Governments in Kenya, State Corporations, Inspector General of the Kenya Police, the Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya, the Solicitor General of the Republic of Kenya, the Director of Public Prosecutions of Kenya, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission of Kenya, Magistrates among other State offices.
Echessa & Bwire Advocates LLP has successfully litigated against the constitutionality of the interest rates caps in Kenya, and occasioned declaration that section 33A of the Banking Act (Chapter 498 of the Laws of Kenya) as unconstitutional in Petition No. 413 of 2016 Bonface Oduor vs. Attorney General of Kenya and Central Bank of Kenya.
Further, receiving recognition of competence in Constitutional and Public Law expertise, the Law Society of Kenya, instructed the firm of Echessa & Bwire Advocates LLP to file a Petition against Executive Order No. 1 of 2018, issued by the President of Kenya and thus filed Law Society of Kenya vs. the Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya in Petition No. 226 of 2018, and obtained orders restraining operationalization of the Executive Orders pending determination of the matter, which is receiving consideration.
Echessa & Bwire Advocates LLP has been and continues to act for the Council of Legal Education in defence of Constitutional and Public Law for over five (5) years now.