Ms. Njeri Wachira, MBS is currently the Deputy Solicitor General and Head, the International Law Division at the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice.
She is a seasoned Advocate with extensive experience working in the field of Public International Law. She possesses experience as a Legal Advisor to the Government in negotiating, drafting, vetting and interpreting local and international treaties and agreements. She is responsible for handling all matters on Mutual Legal Assistance pursuant to the Mutual Legal Assistance Act of 2011 which appoints the Attorney-General as the Central Authority. She is also responsible for the coordination of the legal team, both external counsel and in-house counsel that represent the Republic of Kenya in all International Arbitration or Litigation matters. Njeri has been an Alternate Director to the Solicitor-General on various Boards of Directors including, the Business Registration Service, Capital Markets Authority, Constituencies Development Fund, National Environmental Management Authority, Kenya Ports Authority, Kenya Pipeline Company Ltd, Kenya Railways Corporation, South Nyanza Sugar Company, and the Betting Control and Licensing Board.
Njeri has also served as the Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs at Seven Seas Technologies Group which covered the Group Companies in Kenya, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Portugal.
She has also been assigned by the Commonwealth Secretariat to work for a period of two years as a Legal Expert with the East African Community Secretariat in Arusha, Tanzania where she was tasked with implementing the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, by drafting Protocols to the Treaty and various legislation; as well as approximation of Partner States Municipal Laws relating to finance, investment, as well as commercial laws in the EAC context.
As part of her CSR, Njeri has served as a Board Member and Founding Director of Tomorrow's Child Initiative, an NGO registered in Kenya whose vision is to have a society where children and women have unfettered access to opportunities, which allow them to live in dignity because their rights are respected and upheld.
Njeri is married and is a mother of two children. She enjoys reading books, travelling and playing golf.