| Full Name: Position: School: Department: Email: Address: |
Prof. Michael Nyongesa Wabwile Professor School of Law Commercial Law University of Embu, Main Campus, Embu-Chuka Highway, P.O. Box 6-60100 |
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| Qualifications: | Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Leicester Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Cambridge Post Graduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), University of Nairobi Advocate and Commissioner for Oaths |
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| Area of specialization and expertise: | Comparative law, theory and practice of human rights, constitutional and administrative law, legal history, child and family law, legal theory and alternative dispute resolution. | |
| Google Scholar Link: | Google Scholar: Michael Wabwile | |
| Professional memberships: | Member, Law Society of Kenya Member, East Africa Law Society Fellow, Cambridge Commonwealth Society |
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| Affiliations: | Research Fellow, Centre for Legal Integration in Africa, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Consultant, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, Nairobi Lead Consultant, M/s Wabwile & Co. Advocates, Nakuru (Clinical services suite) |
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Short Biography
Michael Wabwile is a Professor at the University of Embu Law School. Since 1999, he has taught, supervised and examined undergraduate, Masters and doctoral students at Moi University, the University of Eldoret, Egerton University, Makerere University, the University of Nairobi, the University of the Western Cape and the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. A seasoned resource person in Higher Education, he has conducted institutional and programme quality audits in Kenya and Uganda on behalf of the Commission for University Education (CUE) and the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), respectively. He has undertaken consultancy projects for public and private higher education institutions, providing solutions in policy review, legislative drafting, institutional accreditation, regulatory compliance, strategic planning and reorganisation, and quality assurance. He is a Consultant for the Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, Nairobi, where he contributes to various projects reviewing agricultural law and policy.
Previously, Professor Wabwile was deployed as Head of the Department of Private Law at Moi University, where he founded the Master of Laws degree programme in Child and Family Law in 2014. From April 2015 to July 2026, he was the Founding Dean and Head of Law School at Egerton University, Njoro, in Nakuru County. From 2017 to 2025, he served as a non-executive board member of the Kenya School of Law and Convenor of the Board’s Finance, Human Resource and General Purposes Committee.
Admitted to the Kenyan Bar in February 1997, Professor Wabwile has performed senior national leadership responsibilities in the Law Society of Kenya. He served as an Elected Member of the Advocates’ Disciplinary Committee in 2018–2021. He was elected to the 2022–2024 Council of the Law Society of Kenya, where he was the Convenor of the Audit and Editorial committees. He was the Chief Editor of the Law Society of Kenya Law Journal from 2022 to 2025.
He is a recipient of the 8th CB Madan Prize of the University of Nairobi (2020), a Commonwealth Post-Doctoral Academic Fellowship in the United Kingdom (2012–2013) hosted at De Montfort University, a Post-Doctoral Visiting Fellowship at Fitzwilliam College in the University of Cambridge (2011–2012), and a Commonwealth Postgraduate ODA Scholarship at the University of Cambridge. He is a Member of the East Africa Law Society and a Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society.
Research, Teaching and Supervision Interests
1) Comparative Law
2) Theory and Practice of Human Rights
3) Constitutional and Administrative Law
4) Legal History
5) Child and Family Law
6) Legal Theory
7) Alternative Dispute Resolution
Prof. Michael Wabwile Publications