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AHMED ISSACK HASSAN – Managing Partner
Personal Information |
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| Name | Ahmed Issack Hassan | |
| Sex | Male | |
| Date of Birth | 2nd March, 1970 | |
| Marital Status | Married with two children | |
| Occupation/Professional | Lawyer Advocate of the High Court of Kenya Qualifications Practising Law in Nairobi since February, 1995 to date and a Certified Public Secretary (CPS) |
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| Languages Written Spoken | English, Kiswahili & Somali | |
Academic Qualification: |
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| 1 | Post Graduate |
September 1993 to August 1994: Kenya School of Law, Post Graduate Diploma in Law |
| 2 | University |
1989 to 1992: University of Nairobi - Bachelors Degree in Law (LLB) Second Class Honours, |
| 3 | High School | 1987 to 1988: Garissa High School - Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KACE) 19 Points - 4 Principals and 1 Subsidiary |
| 4 | Secondary School | 1983 to 1986: Garissa Secondary School – Kenya Certificate of Education (K.C.E) – Division 1,21 Points |
| academic archievement | ||
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| 1 | Recipient of the Sakarben Sheth Award for being the best student in the second year Law class of the Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi, academic year 1990/91 | |
| 2 | Best student from North Eastern Province in 'O' Level exams in 1986 and 'A' Level exams in 1988. | |
| Vocational job/Employment: | ||
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| 2 | Legal Consultant to the UNDP - Somalia on the Somalia Constitution Making Project – July, 2008 - to date. | |
| 3 | Member of the Board of Governors of Garissa High School – July, 2004 - to date. | |
| 4 | Commissioner, in the Kiruki Commission of Inquiry into the activities of Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargasyan (the Armenian Brothers) – June to September, 2006. | |
| 5 | Legal Consultant to the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) in the training of Somali Parliamentarians on Constitution and Federal Affairs. May 2006 –Baidoa, Somalia. | |
| 6 | Commissioner, Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (CKRC) from November 2000 to January 2006. CKRC was a statutory body established under an Act of Parliament with 29 members appointed by the President with Parliament's approval, to review the Constitution of Kenya and all the other Laws of Kenya and to recommend appropriate amendments to them. | |
| 7 | Partner and Head of Litigation Department in the Law firm of Ibrahim & Issack Advocates, based in Nairobi, Kenya from January 1998 to January2004. |
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| 8 | Worked as Associate Legal Practitioner with the Law firm of M/s. Mohammed Ibrahim & Associates, in Nairobi City from January 1995 to December 1997. |
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| 9 | Worked with the Electoral Commission of Kenya as a Deputy Returning Officer for Ijara Constituency, Garissa District of North Eastern Province in the 1997 General Elections from October 1997 to January 1998. | |
| 10 | Worked with Emergency Pastoralist Assistance Group (EPAG) a U.K. -based charity as Deputy Project Manager of the Credit Resource Management Project covering South Western Somalia (Gedo Region) and North Eastern Province from August 1994 to December 1994. |
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| 11 | Worked as a Legal Assistant with the Law firm of M/s. Waruhiu & Muite Advocates, while on internship as a law student from the Kenya School of Law from September 1993 to August 1994. |
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| 12 | Worked with Emergency Pastoralist Assistance Group (EPAG) as a Field officer from February to September, 1993, in its first phase and pilot project of Livestock distributions to destitute pastoralist who had lost their Livestock due to the civil war in Somalia and drought and to pastoralist returnees from refugee camps. This project covered South Western Somalia (Gedo Region) and North-Eastern Province. |
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| 13 | Worked as Administrative Assistant with Africa Muslims Agency, at its Nairobi office, January to February, 1993. This is an International Islamic NGO, based in Kuwait and funded by the Government and people of Kuwait and provides humanitarian aid to victims of drought, famine, civil war and other calamities. |
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| 14 | Volunteer Coordinator for the NEPLAG (North Eastern Province Legal Awareness Group) between September to December, 1992 conducted civic education and gave public lectures in schools and other Public Institution educating the people on their Fundamental Human Rights and enforcement thereof. |
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| Proffessional Memberships | ||
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| Research papers and Reports written | ||
| 1 | "Divorce in the Somali Community - A Case Study of Garissa District", University of Nairobi, Department of Sociology October, 1992. | |
| 2 | "The Impact of Education on Somali Women – A Case study of Garissa District", University of Nairobi, Department of Sociology October, 1992. | |
| 3 | "The Bankruptcy Laws of Kenya - The Case for Reform". Third year dissertation in partial fulfillment for the requirements of a Bachelors degree of law, University of Nairobi, November, 1992. | |
| 4 | "Pastoralist in Mandera District - Forming Rings of Destitution at Feeding Centres" EPAG Project Reports, February, 1993. | |
| 5 | "An Evaluation of Drought Recovery Programmes in Mandera District with special emphasis on the livestock sector" - EPAG Project Reports, June, 1993. | |
| 6 | "Secession of Northern Frontier Districts of Kenya - The dream versus the reality", February, 1994. | |
| 7 | "Kenyan Somalis - in search of Identity", March, 1994. | |
| 8 | "Draft Constitution for a Federal Republic of Somalia", June, 1994 - Somali Intellectuals Forum. | |
| 9 | "North Eastern Province and the Constitutional Review Process - Lessons from History", July 2001. | |
| 10 | "The Status of Kadhis Courts and Muslim Personal Law in the Constitutional and Legal order in Kenya", August 2002. | |
| 11 | "The Status of Refugees in Kenya's Legal and Constitutional System", September 2002. | |
| 12 | “International Terrorism: A comparative Analysis of Regional Response”, June 2004 – Letwal International. | |
| 13 | “The Constitutional Management of Religious diversity in Kenya” August, 2008 – Regional Conference on Constitutional democracy in Africa, Nairobi organized by the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. | |
| 14 | “The Legal Impediments to Development in Northern Kenya”, August, 2008 – Workshop for Northern Kenya MPs in Naivasha, organized by the Ministry of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands. | |
| Hobbies | ||
| Working with people in a multi-disciplinary and multi-racial environment and travelling widely; reading and playing soccer, volley ball and table tennis. | ||
| Referees | ||
| 1 | Hon. Justice Mohammed K. Ibrahim Eldoret High Court ELDORET MobileNo. 0720726262 |
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Prof. Githu Muigai University of Nairobi Faculty of Law P. O. Box 30197–00100 NAIROBI MobileNo. 0722850693 |
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| Permanent home address | ||
| Ahmed Issack Hassan P. O. Box 433 GARISSA |
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| contact address | ||
| P. O. Box 66975 - 00200 NAIROBI, KENYA Tel: 02 - 2219714/5 2212131 Fax: 2219720 E-mail: braissac@ibrahimandissackadv.co.ke ahmedissack786@yahoo.com Cell Phone:0723 172929/ 0735 343446/0770283668 |
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