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'{{Infobox officeholder | name = Githu Muigai | image = Githu Muigai.jpg | order = | office = [[Attorney General of Kenya]] | term_start = 27 August 2011 | term_end = 13 February 2018 | appointer = [[Mwai Kibaki]]<br>[[Uhuru Kenyatta]] | predecessor = [[Amos Wako]] | successor = [[Paul Kihara Kariuki]] | office2 = Professor, School of Law, University of Nairobi | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | birth_date = | birth_place = | birthname = | nationality = Kenyan | spouse = | children = Three | alma_mater = [[Columbia University]] {{small|(LL.M)}}<br>[[University of Nairobi]] {{small|(PhD)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF-Dateien/UN-Dokumente/Sonderberichterstatter/short_bio_githu_muigai.pdf |title=Short Bio: Githu Muigai |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de |publisher= |access-date=27 July 2015 |quote=}}</ref> | profession = Lawyer | religion = | website = }} '''Githu Muigai''' (born 31 January 1960) is a [[Demographics of Kenya|Kenyan]] lawyer who was the [[Attorney General of Kenya of Kenya|Attorney General]] of the Republic of [[Kenya]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2011/08/29/prof-muigai-takes-over-as-kenya%E2%80%99s-ag/ |title=Capital News |publisher=Capitalfm.co.ke |date= |accessdate=2011-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000042163&cid=4 |title=Githu: I'll transform State Law office |publisher=Standard Digital |date= |accessdate=2011-10-08}}</ref> until February 13, 2018 when he resigned. He holds a bachelor's degree in Law degree from the [[University of Nairobi]], a master's degree in International Law from [[Columbia Law School|Columbia University School of Law]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Parliament+to+vet+three+nominees+for++top+public+offices/-/539546/1224064/-/yg39f4/-/ |title=Politics and policy &#124; Parliament to vet three nominees for top public offices |publisher=Business Daily |date= |accessdate=2011-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mohammedmuigai.com/lawyerProfile.aspx?LawyerID=1 |title=Mohammed Muigai Advocates &#124; The Chambers Global Guide 2011 |publisher=Mohammedmuigai.com |accessdate=2011-10-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811122402/http://www.mohammedmuigai.com/lawyerProfile.aspx?LawyerID=1 |archivedate=2011-08-11 }}</ref> and was awarded a doctoral degree in law in November 2002.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200211050543.html "Kenya: Moi Presides At His Last Graduation Ceremony"]. AllAfrica, 2 November 2002.</ref> Prior to becoming Attorney General Githu Muigai served in the defunct [[Constitution of Kenya Review Commission]] and at the [[United Nations]] as Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.columbia.edu/magazine/6089/graduate-named-attorney-general-in-kenya |title=Graduate Named Attorney General in Kenya |publisher=Columbia Law School Magazine |date=1961-11-09 |accessdate=2011-10-08}}</ref><ref>[http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/rapporteur/ "Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance"]. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.</ref> == 2013 Kenya presidential election petition== When the first round of the presidential election took place on 4 March 2013, [[Uhuru Kenyatta]] was declared the [[president-elect]] of [[Kenya]] by the [[Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission]]. [[Raila Odinga]] challenged this in the [[Supreme Court of Kenya]]. He was allowed by the court to be Amicus curiae. In his presentation he told the court that the constitution is not clear on what “fresh elections” would entail. He further stated that that if court declare the voters register as having substantial defects as the petition is asking them to, it may mean that the legality of the elections for senators, governors and other elective posts may be questioned since they were elected using the same registers.<ref>[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000080365&story_title=Kenya-Githu:-Law-vague-on-what-%E2%80%98fresh-polls%E2%80%99-means "Githu: Law vague on what ‘fresh polls’ means"]. Standard Media. 29 March 2013.</ref> Although he was meant to be a non-partisan friend of the court, some believed his submissions were biased towards the winning party. The court [[The Kenya Presidential Election Petition 2013|dismissed Raila Odinga's petition on 30 March 2013]]. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Current Kenya Cabinet}} {{United Nations Special Rapporteurs}} {{Authority control}} 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