- Chair of the Stakeholder Advisory Council Damilola Olawuyi lauded the two following the win.
- "The winners have demonstrated exceptional commitment to accountability, fairness, and collaboration, and we are proud to honour their achievements," he said.
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High Court Judge Nixon Sifuna has been named one of two winners of the 2022 Accountability in Action Awards.
The annual awards are sponsored by the African Development Bank (AfDB) under the Independent Recourse Mechanism (IRM).
They recognize individuals and organisations that have made outstanding contributions to accountability during their engagement in the IRM's complaints-handling process.
The other winner is the Director of the Road Agency of Burundi Regis Mpawenayo.
Chair of the Stakeholder Advisory Council Damilola Olawuyi lauded the two following the win.
"The winners have demonstrated exceptional commitment to accountability, fairness, and collaboration, and we are proud to honour their achievements," he said.
Sifuna played a vital role in the AfDB’s Kapenguria-Makutano Towns Sewerage Project, representing over 500 people affected by the project in a complaint handled by the IRM through its compliance review process.
"His involvement and contributions in the complaint-handling process contributed to a successful outcome for the complainants and led to the Bank choosing to relocate the project from the proposed Kapenguria site to an alternative site in Makutano," a statement by IRM said.
He serves at the High Court Commercial and Tax Court, and at the High Court Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Court.
Prior to his appointment as a judge, he worked as an Advocate of the High Court with 27 years at the bar.
Sifuna taught law at Moi University Faculty of Law for 18 years, becoming an Associate Professor of Law in 2011.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in Law from the University of the Witwatersrand Law School in Johannesburg South Africa, a Masters Degree in Environmental Law from Moi University, a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL.B Second Class Upper Division) from the University of Nairobi, and a Post-graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.
He was awarded a Fellowship by the Ford Foundation giving him a stint at the Environmental Law Institute in Washington DC, US as Visiting Scholar.