Philip Waki is a retired
Kenya
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n judge. He is best known for heading the 2008
Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence, also known as the
Waki Commission
The Waki Commission, officially The Commission of Inquiry on Post Election Violence (CIPEV), was an international commission of inquiry established by the Government of Kenya in February 2008 to investigate the clashes in Kenya following the dis ...
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He retired from the Court of Appeal in October 201
He is also the cousin to Lawyer Mutula Kilonzo the personal lawyer to Kenya's Second President Daniel Arap Moi.
In April 2012, the
Kenya Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board
The Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board is a board established by the Government of Kenya as a result of the ''Vetting of Judges and Magistrates Act, 2011'', which was passed by parliament to create the necessary institutional framework and guid ...
cleared Justice Waki suitable to continue holding office.
On 3 December 2013, Waki was elected President of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone.
[http://www.rscsl.org/Documents/Press/2013/pressrelease-120313a.pdf ]
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century Kenyan lawyers
21st-century Kenyan judges
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