Roughly 15,000 members of the Lawyer Society of Kenya (LSK) will cast ballots today to choose new leadership.

Participants in the nationwide elections will select their representatives for the ensuing two years.

Attorneys Peter Wanyama, Faith Odhiambo, Benard Kipng'etich, Njoki Mboce, and Carolyne Kamende are running for the position of LSK president.

Eric Theuri's two-year term as an elected official is ending.


Lawyers will vote in 36 locations throughout Kenya, and the winner will be declared at the LSK headquarters on Gatanga Road in Nairobi following the tallying of the votes.

The exercise is scheduled to end at 5:00 p.m., with polling places opening at 8:00 a.m.

The roles of gender representative and vice president will also be filled.