Amandla Ooko-Ombaka is a consultant with McKinsey and Company where she has worked across both the public and private sector including engagement with financial inclusion of the rural poor in Ethiopia and innovative health care delivery models in the US.

She holds a BA in Economics & International Studies from Yale University, where her academic research focused on geo-politics and economic interventions. Her thesis - "Kenya, On the Brink: Post-election violence in a multiparty Kenya (1992-2007)" argued that ethnic tensions alone are insufficient to explain the brutal and protracted nature of post-election violence; rather the increasing expansion of the political sphere of activity beyond the control of the central government is a key driver.

Amandla views leadership as a call to service, and has been assionate about leadership development long before being selected as the (youngest!) representative to draft the Casablanca Declaration presented to the UN in 2003. She was elected as President of the Global Summit of the Congressional Youth Leadership Council in 2006 and named a Global Scholar in 2008. Most recently, Amandla co-founded the Leadership Institute - a 501(c)(3) organization and Kenya Youth for Peace and Reconciliation (KY4PR) while at university. She is a three time recipient of the Yale Outstanding Achievement Award (Accolades) in Leadership (2007, 2009, 2010).

Amandla thoroughly enjoys running and socializing.

John Mudany,the Finance and Commercial Director of Kenya Electricity and Generating Company holds a Master of International Business Administration from United States International University - Africa and Masters of Business Administration from University of Nairobi.

He has experience and expertise in Financial Management,having served as head of corporate finance at Kenya Airways,Finance and Performance Manager Coca-Cola and Senior Auditor at PriceWaterHouseCoopers.

He is Member - Kenya Institute of Management, Fellow - Institute of Certified Public Accountants,Member - International Air Transport Association Fuel Committee, Chair - African Airlines Association Fuel Committee

When not working John is involved in community projects for example Achievers event a monthly cultural youth activity aimed at showcasing the achievement of young people,

Rachel Osendo is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.She has divergent experience in various fields of law such as Conveyancing, Commercial Law, Arbitration and Litigation, Intellectual Property, Consultancy, Judicial Review, Public Procurement and Disposal matters, Corporate Compliance, Entity Registration and Legal Practice Management.

Rachel is currently engaged in legal practice with Sichangi and Company Advocates a top notch law firm with six (6) branches across the country. She heads the In house training of lawyers at the firm. The firm offers quality and diverse legal advisory and consultancy services in a wide range of areas.

She hold a Bachelors degree in Law (LLB - Hons) from the University of Nairobi and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.

She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Kenya Branch.

Prof.Yash Pal Ghai Professor Ghai is a world-renown legal scholar and legal researcher , He studied law at the Universities of Oxford (UK) and Harvard (USA), is a Barrister-at-Law of the Middle Temple (London),He has lectured in the leading law schools in the world, including Yale, Harvard and University of East Africa at Dar-es-salaam and authored numerous publications on various subjects ranging from Decentralization of Power, Ethnicity, Human Rights and social Development and Freedom of Expression. He drafted the Asian Human Rights Charter-A People's Charter, a project of the Asian Human Rights Commission.

He has been involved in constitution making in various countries in the world and has been the chairman of the constitution of Kenya Review commission, having chaired constitutional reforms in the Fiji, Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea.Prof Ghai is the head of the Constitution Advisory Support Unit of the United Nations Development Programme in Nepal.

Professor Ghai was awarded the Jurist of the Year Award for 2001, jointly with the late Dr. Oki Ooko Ombaka in recognition for his courage, commitment and selflessness to having an open and inclusive constitutional reform process that would enhance the legitimacy and goodwill for the process.

He is currently the Sir. Y.K.Pao Professor of Public Law, University of Hong Kong and a Professor emeritus of Public Law of the Universities of Warwick and Hong Kong.

Ivy Kihara is the Operations Manager at InofrmAction, a non- profit organisation that uses film as a civic education and civic engagement tool. She is also an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She has experience in human rights and social justice having worked with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.

She holds a LLB from Keele University, England and a Masters in Law in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. She is also trained in forced migration and human trafficking, socio-economic rights, access to medicines, children rights, international humanitarian law, conflict prevention and sexual minority rights.

Ivy is passionate about human rights and the rule of law and is a member of the following organisations Human Rights Education Associates,New Tactics on Human Rights,International Network to Promote the Rule of Law and Inter-agency network for education in emergencies INEE.

Henry J A Lugulu the dean of the faculty of Law Moi University holds an LL.M from Columbia Law School, New York. He is a member of the Council of Legal Education. He is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.

He has authored many articles that include The Role of Legal Ethics in Nation Building published by law society of Kenya Journal Volume 1 2005.No 1 page 93 and the Future of International Commercial Arbitration in Kenya; The University of Nairobi, Law Journal Vol.3 issue No.1 ( 2005) at page 24.

Mr. Lugulu is an active member of development projects in his community.He has served as a member of the Task Force on Policy and Legal Framework of Legal Education in Kenya.

Dr.Violet Naanyu – is a lecturer in medical anthropology, medical social and qualitative research methods in Moi University ,School of medicine .She attained her doctorate dergree from Indiana University, USA.

She believes in mentoring young people .Currently, she is involved in research, mentorship and supervising graduate students at the Great Lakes University in Kisumu and Moi University, Eldoret.

She has researched widely in Africa studies, research ethics, and qualitative research among others.
Currently, she is researching on Small Enterprise Education and Promotion Network (SEEP) Value Initiative Program (VIP) to address constraints and market issues that create obstacles for growth and investment in horticultural value chains in Western Kenya.

She has been awarded the Margaret Mc Namara Memorial Fund in recognition of commitment to improving the lives of women and children in the developing world, World Bank, Washington DC.

She was awarded Outstanding Graduate Social Science Research Award,Women in Science Programme Indiana University,Bloomington.

She is a member of Eldoret Hospice and a committee member of National Bio Ethics Committee

Dr. Samuel Kipngetich Arap Tororei,  a commissioner at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights holds a PhD in Human Ecology from Moi University and a MSc. in Health Planning and Financing from the London School of Economics.

He is a human ecologist, economist, and educator by profession. Dr. Tororei has many years of work experience with persons with disability and is currently the vice chairman of the Association for the Physically Disabled of Kenya.

Prior to his appointment as a commission to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, Dr. Tororei was a lecturer at Moi University and the Lead Consultant with Empowerment Resources Development Centre (ERDC)

He has long and wide experience and expertise in disability and Non-Governmental work; University teaching at all levels and has played the role of policy negotiation and dialogue in the Constitution of Kenya Review Process

He has also consulted for the Government in the development of the Social Protection Strategic Plan, development of the National Disability Policy and market oriented Vocational Rehabilitation and Training programmes for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs),  UNESCO in the development of the Special Needs Education Policy for Kenya and coordinated the National Campaign on disability and HIV/AIDS.