The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and the Senior Counsel Bar have rejected a proposed amendment to the Advocates Act that would grant the President unilateral authority to confer the rank of Senior Counsel, warning it politicizes the prestigious honor.

• The proposed amendment, sponsored by Tharaka Nithi MP George Murugara, threatens to shift the award process from an independent, merit-based system to political control.
• The rank of Senior Counsel is the highest honor in Kenya’s legal profession, currently awarded based on vetting by the Committee on Senior Counsel, where the President's role is ceremonial.
• LSK President Faith Odhiambo emphasized that the title should represent “legal excellence earned through professional achievement, not an automatic title tied to public office.”