John Ohaga's replacement at Sports Dispute Tribunal (SDT) announced
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Murunga is not new to the Tribunal as he was a serving member of the Ohaga-led team and has been key in discharging critical matters
After a decade at the helm of Kenya's Sports Dispute Tribunal(SDT) Senior Counsel John Ohaga’s tenure came to an end in November 2024.
Upon Ohaga's exit Chief Justice (CJ) Martha Koome appointed Hon. Jane Njeri Onyango as the Tribunal’s chairperson albeit in an acting capacity.
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Seven months after Ohaga's exit, CJ Koome in her position as the chairperson of the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC), appointed advocate Benard Murunga Wafula as the new Chairperson of SDT.
Via a gazette notice on Tuesday, 24 June, Koome announced that Murunga will take over as the Tribunal's chairperson for a period of five years.
Murunga will serve alongside Allan Mola as the only member of the Tribunal, as the JSC is set to conclude recruitment of others later.
After Ohaga's exit in November 2024, terms of six other members of the tribunal including; Jane Njeri, Elynah Shiveka, Peter Ochieng, Edmond Gichuru also came to an end in May.
Murunga is not new to the Tribunal as he was a serving member of the Ohaga-led team and has been key in discharging critical matters.
Murunga is Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with 25 years of post-admission practice having been admitted to the bar in 2000.
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Just like Ohaga, Murunga is an arbitrator and is registered with The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) hinting at philosophy of conflict resolution outside the traditional court system.
Murunga has previously chaired the Board of Directors of Globology Limited and the Board of Trustees of Our Kid Foundation.
Currently, Murunga is a partner at Simba & Simba Advocates, where he heads both the Commercial and Corporate Law Department as well as the Business Law Division.
Additionally, he is the Chair of the Centum Investments Staff Pension Scheme and sits on the Council of the Association of Retirement Benefit Schemes.
Murunga will be keen to build on the foundation set by Ohaga's decade-long tenure at SDT to make the tribunal even better.
