BABU OWINO PROMISES TO FIGHT FOR LAW GRADUATES DENIED ADMISSION IN KSL

Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has appealed to President William Ruto to intervene and have the 3,000 law graduates admitted to the Kenya School of Law.

The over 3,000 students reportedly graduated from various law schools between 2015 and 2022.

They were reportedly not admitted to the Kenya School of Law on grounds that they did not score a minimum of B plain in English and Kiswahili.

The aggrieved students through Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino want the head of state come to the aid of students.

Babu told journalists at the Milimani Law Courts that refusal by the KSL contradicts the Legal Education Act.

Humble Backgrounds

The lawmaker further noted that most students despite scoring first and second class honours come from humble backgrounds and education is the only independent livelihood.

“Parents  invested their  money  to have their  children educated, we have to help  these students  harvest  the fruits  of their  hard work  by giving  them licenses to practice… we cannot  watched dreams  being  shattered,” he said.

He said that he has taken upon himself to pursue the matter that his now pending at the Supreme Court.

Unlicensed For Practice

The MP  further  said that students  cannot  practice  as advocates or lawyers  since the  requirement is that one must be a diploma holder  from  Kenya  School  Of Law (KSL)

“These  are qualified lawyers ,it is the Kenya School of law  to admit  them so that  the can achieve  their  dreams,we have noted double  standards and contradictions  of the regulations,” Babu  Owino told  journalists.