Mrs Njeri Onyango a graduate of the University of Nairobi, is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with 30 years’ experience in legal practise. She has engaged in broad practise of law such as civil and criminal litigation, arbitration, commercial law, property transactions, labour relations and sports law. She is a Certified Professional Mediator having received her certification from the Mediation Training Institute International (MTI).
Mrs Onyango has also done remarkable consultancy services with a wide range of institutions. She has chaired legal, constitutional and disciplinary committees in various sports federations and has participated in constitution writing and reviews for federations such as Tennis Kenya and Kenya Volleyball Federation. She has served in various international disciplinary and legal tribunals such as The World Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and the World Swimming Federation (FINA).
She was appointed as a legal consultant for The Ministry of Youth Sports, Culture and The Arts to offer consultancy services to the Ministry on the Kenya Anti Doping Bill and Policy, which become the Kenya Anti Doping Act, 2016. She has also acted as a legal consultant for the Kenya Anti-Doping Agency (KADA); she chaired the Legal Committee of KADA in the preparation of the Rules for Anti-Doping in Sports in Kenya that were consequently approved and adopted by the world Anti-Doping Agency. She has provided legal consultancy services to a number of NGOs. Mrs Onyango is currently a Board member of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) and a member of the Kenya Sports Disputes Tribunal.
Mrs Onyango is a member a number of professional bodies such as the Law Society of Kenya, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators both, International Bar Association, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).
