Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi will venture into politics when his term expires next year.
Mr. Havi was elected LSK boss in 2020 to serve a two year term that expires in 2022.
Speaking on Sunday, the lawyer that he would vie for the Nairobi’s Westland parliamentary seat in the next year’s polls on Amani National Congress (ANC) party ticket.
ANC is headed by Kenya’s former vice president Musalia Mudavadi.
“I have come here to ask for a chance to serve you in parliament as the Member of Parliament for Westlands. I have a direction, which is the Amani National Congress. The problem with Westlands is the lack of well being and lack of jobs. That is why the agenda for ANC is to improve the current economic state of the area,” Havi announced.
The announcement two months after he hold a discussion with his party boss, Musalia Mudavadi.
“Today I held discussions with Nelson Havi, The President of the Law Society of Kenya. We deliberated on Constitutional and Legal matters of significance and their implications on the Kenyan people,” said Mudavadi.
He is aiming to unseat the incumbent Timothy Wanyonyi of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).
