#Paul Kihara Kariuki

Former Attorney General and retired Court of Appeal President Paul Kihara Kariuki has died aged 72. According to Kenyans.co.ke and The Eastleigh Voice, his family and Chief Justice Martha Koome confirmed his death in a statement on Tuesday, November 3. The sources did not give a cause of death. Nairobi Wire reported that no funeral arrangements had been announced. Kihara became a High Court judge in 2003 and later moved to the Court of Appeal. He was the first President of that court elected by fellow judges under the 2010 Constitution. He led it from 2013 to 2018. Capital FM, via AllAfrica, reported that he pushed reforms to make the court more efficient and accessible, including decentralising its operations. Nairobi Wire said this moved parts of the court's work beyond Nairobi. He was also the founding Director of the Judiciary Training Institute, the forerunner of the Kenya Judiciary Academy. In her condolence message, Koome called him an accomplished jurist, an exemplary judicial leader and a dedicated public servant. She said his legacy would live on through the institutions he helped build and the legal professionals who benefited from his leadership. President William Ruto said Kenyans would remember Kihara as a jurist who made an "invaluable contribution" to the country's…