Former Attorney General Paul Kihara Kariuki Dies at 72

Paul Kihara Kariuki, Kenya’s former attorney general and a retired judge, died aged 72, his family and Chief Justice Martha Koome announced on November 3, 2026. He led the Court of Appeal as its president from 2013 to 2018 and served as attorney general from 2018 to 2022. A University of Nairobi law graduate admitted to the Bar in 1978, he also headed the Kenya School of Law and became a High Court judge in 2003. President William Ruto praised his public service and contributions to judicial institutions, including as founding director of the Judiciary Training Institute.