PHEROZE NOWROJEE, Senior Counsel, is an Advocate of the High Courts of Kenya (1967), Tanzania (1970) and Zanzibar (1989) with a practice mainly in constitutional, political and human rights cases. He has also appeared in the High Courts of Uganda and the Seychelles. Born in Nairobi, he studied in India (B.A., Bombay, 1957), in the U.K. (Of Lincoln’s Inn, Barrister, 1965) and in the U.S.A. (LL.M., Yale, 1974). He has taught at the University of Dar-es-Salaam (1974-1977), the University of Nairobi (1979-1985), and the Kenya School of Law (1968-1970, 1978-1985). His awards include the International Commission of Jurists (Kenya) ICJ Jurist of the Year, 1995, the International Bar Association (IBA) Bernard Simons Human Rights Prize, 2002-2004, the Law Society of Kenya Roll of Honour, 2005, the Maasai People, Safeguarding Rights Award, 2007, and the CB Madan Constitution Prize 2014. His political offices include FORD-Kenya, Member of National Executive Council (NEC), 1992-1999, FORD-Kenya, Secretary for Legal & Constitutional Affairs, 1994-1999, National Treasurer, Social Democratic Party, 2002-2012. He was Vice-Chair, Ufungamano People’s Commission on Constitutional Reform 2000–2001. Over many decades he has been an influential part of the political and social movements for constitutional and social change in Kenya. He is a Co-Chair of the Asian African Heritage Trust, an Indian Diaspora/Kenyan history trust. He is the author of several books, and of numerous articles on law, Kenyan public affairs, and legal history. He is a BBC Africa Poetry Competition Prizewinner (2001).