Bench Bulletin - Issue 12 - Kenya Law Reports
Bench Bulletin - Issue 12 - Kenya Law Reports
Bench Bulletin - Issue 12 - Kenya Law Reports
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KENYA LAW REPORTS<br />
BENCH BULLETIN<br />
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS<br />
TALENT BEYOND LAW REPORTING; NCLR’S PARTICIPATION AT THE<br />
‘UWAZI FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT’.<br />
NCLR Senior <strong>Law</strong> Reporter and<br />
Football Team Coach,<br />
Cornelius W. Lupao, gives team<br />
members dribbling tips.<br />
On May 1, 2010 the International Commission of Jurists-<strong>Kenya</strong> section (ICJ) held<br />
an inaugural football tournament dubbed “The Uwazi Cup” at the Impala Club<br />
Grounds. This tournament was co-sponsored by the International Commission<br />
of Jurists (<strong>Kenya</strong>) and the National Council for <strong>Law</strong> Reporting. By launching<br />
and hosting the annual Uwazi Football Tournament, ICJ <strong>Kenya</strong> sought to raise<br />
awareness and advance the campaign on the need for a Freedom of Information<br />
law. The tournament was convened for media, business, legal and corporate<br />
organizations.<br />
The theme for the tournament was “Information for Sustainable Development” and<br />
the guest of honor was Hon. Mutula Kilonzo Minister for Justice, National Cohesion<br />
and Constitutional Affairs. The tournament was a ‘’six a side” with teams allowed<br />
to have ten players each. Some of the participants included; the Standard Group<br />
LTD, the <strong>Kenya</strong> Human Rights Commission, the National Council for <strong>Law</strong> Reporting<br />
(<strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Reports</strong>), Transparency International and the <strong>Kenya</strong> Anti Corruption<br />
Commission, just to mention a few.<br />
The Council presented a formidable team from among its staff members, led by<br />
the Ag. C.E.O, Mr. Michael Murungi that felled many a team including Royal Media,<br />
which the Council beat 2 goals to nil, the <strong>Law</strong> Society of <strong>Kenya</strong>, which the Council<br />
beat 1 goal without reply and went on to draw against the Centre for Governance<br />
and Development, FIDA-<strong>Kenya</strong> and the International Commission of Jurists-<strong>Kenya</strong><br />
section, to emerge tops in the pool.<br />
Buoyed by an ecstatic cheering squad, the Council’s team soldiered on with<br />
determination to lift the trophy until it was narrowly bundled out of the tournament<br />
at the semi-finals. The Council‘s team, however left the grounds with heads high<br />
having had incredible fun and an opportunity to interact with a horde of professionals from other spheres.<br />
The National Council for <strong>Law</strong> Reporting’s football Team (NCLR) with its CEO, Mr. Michael Murungi (blowing Vuvuzella) pose for a<br />
group photo before the begining of “Uwazi Football Tournament”<br />
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<strong>Issue</strong> <strong>12</strong>: April-June 2010
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