Eva Mukami
Eva Mukami is a Senior Associate in our Dispute Resolution and Employment Law practice areas. She has over eight years' experience in commercial litigation, insolvency law, international and domestic arbitration, construction law, and asset/debt recovery.

About Eva
About Eva
Eva began her career as an intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 2015. She thereafter undertook her pupillage at a leading law firm in Nairobi in 2017 and was retained as an associate in 2018. She joined Kieti Law LLP as a senior associate in October 2024.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB (Hons), Moi University
- Post Graduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
- East Africa Law Society (ELS)
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Kenya Branch
Languages
Languages
- English
- Swahili
About Eva
Eva began her career as an intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 2015. She thereafter undertook her pupillage at a leading law firm in Nairobi in 2017 and was retained as an associate in 2018. She joined Kieti Law LLP as a senior associate in October 2024.
Credentials
Education
- LLB (Hons), Moi University
- Post Graduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
- East Africa Law Society (ELS)
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Kenya Branch
Languages
- English
- Swahili
Experience
Successfully acted for a local Telecommunications company in a matter against the Government where our client claimed KES 15 Billion in compensation for unlawful compulsory acquisition of its property.
Assisted in advising and defending a leading East African brewery company in a construction arbitration where a contractor claimed KES 2.5 billion with regard to alleged heads of claims, namely: idle plant and equipment, omitted works, retention sums, unpaid sub-contractor fees, works completed but not certified, works not certified, and loss of profits.
Represented a regional bank in an international arbitration at the ICC in a claim of USD 25 million brought by a Zambian borrower who claimed that he did not authorize the bank to disburse funds to the borrower.
Successfully sued and obtained a mareva injunction on behalf of a Kenyan and Nigerian bank in a matter where a borrower failed to repay sums arising from a USD 52 Million contract to construct a pipeline on behalf of the Kenyan government.
Successfully represented a consortium of banks in enforcing their security against, and in insolvency proceedings a leading retail chain in East Africa.
Advised on Kenyan law and representing a Canadian based energy company as co- counsel in ICSID proceedings brought against the Kenyan Government in respect of the unlawful revocation of the company’s geothermal license.
Assisted in advising a Kenyan bank regarding its rights as a secured creditor in insolvency proceedings and in an application seeking to remove its appointed administrator of a Kenyan sugar company.
Represented directors of a leading telecommunications company in proceedings before the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission regarding alleged fraudulent transfer of shares of the said company.
Advised and represented a regulator in suing the directors of a bank in receivership and third parties in a constructive trust and fraud claim.
Advised and represented a regulator in a suit regarding alleged professional negligence against a leading accounting firm, following its clean audit of a Kenyan bank's books of accounts and Initial Public Offer.
News

Battle of the insolvency provisions: Which law governs insolvency of insurance companies?
When a company hits a rough financial patch and is unable to make good on its financial obligations, liquidation serves as a valid legal mechanism available to creditors to recover...

The legitimacy of soft skills evaluation as grounds for termination of employment
On 30 September 2024, the Employment and Labour Relations Court rendered a judgment in Daniel Kang’ethe Mbugua v Smart Applications International Limited (Employment and Labour Relations...