Francis Kadima
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Francis Kadima is a lawyer based in Kenya
, Africa. He is a Human Rights
advocate best known (outside of Africa) for his defending captured Somali pirates in the Kenya Justice System. Kenya is emerging as the venue of choice for Piracy in Somalia
cases and an important piece of the worldwide crackdown on piracy. Mr. Kadima was interviewed and asked why he defends the Somali pirates: "On why (I) defend pirates despite international community condemnation, the issue for a lawyer is not piracy as an offence per se but the higher issue of the due process (fair trial), which is a prerequisite for the Rule of Law which we all defend as lawyers and the international community to jealously safe guards. Whether a pirate is convicted or acquitted is not the issue, provided due process is followed. You should remember under the commonwealth (of which Kenya is a member), it ultimately states that an accused person is presumed innocent until proved guilty."
Mr. Kadima's formative years were spent in Judiciary. He is a managing partner of Kadima & Co. Advocates a successor firm of Omwitsa Wasuna Kadima Advocates which succeeded Omwitsa and Co., Advocates, with the latter having been established in the year 1970 as the first African Legal Practice in Mombasa
. One of Mr. Kadima's offices in Mombasa is in one of Africa's oldest courthouse, a colonial building with bars still fixed over the office windows. The room is stuffed with legal volumes dating from the British colonial era and yellowing cardboard files. On the wall next to his oak desk, an Obama calendar is prominently displayed. Kadima & Co. Advocates specialize in Business, Civil Litigation and Criminal Law.
On September 12, 2011 Philip Muyanga, a Money Markets columnist with Business Daily reported how sea piracy is driving up the cost of insurance for importers. Mr. Kadima said commercial interests could not replace the fundamental rights of individuals. Mr. Kadima was quoted as saying: “There are no statistics that piracy trials have reduced piracy”.
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
, Africa. He is a Human Rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
advocate best known (outside of Africa) for his defending captured Somali pirates in the Kenya Justice System. Kenya is emerging as the venue of choice for Piracy in Somalia
Piracy in Somalia
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has been a threat to international shipping since the second phase of the Somali Civil War in the early 21st century...
cases and an important piece of the worldwide crackdown on piracy. Mr. Kadima was interviewed and asked why he defends the Somali pirates: "On why (I) defend pirates despite international community condemnation, the issue for a lawyer is not piracy as an offence per se but the higher issue of the due process (fair trial), which is a prerequisite for the Rule of Law which we all defend as lawyers and the international community to jealously safe guards. Whether a pirate is convicted or acquitted is not the issue, provided due process is followed. You should remember under the commonwealth (of which Kenya is a member), it ultimately states that an accused person is presumed innocent until proved guilty."
Mr. Kadima's formative years were spent in Judiciary. He is a managing partner of Kadima & Co. Advocates a successor firm of Omwitsa Wasuna Kadima Advocates which succeeded Omwitsa and Co., Advocates, with the latter having been established in the year 1970 as the first African Legal Practice in Mombasa
Mombasa
Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....
. One of Mr. Kadima's offices in Mombasa is in one of Africa's oldest courthouse, a colonial building with bars still fixed over the office windows. The room is stuffed with legal volumes dating from the British colonial era and yellowing cardboard files. On the wall next to his oak desk, an Obama calendar is prominently displayed. Kadima & Co. Advocates specialize in Business, Civil Litigation and Criminal Law.
On September 12, 2011 Philip Muyanga, a Money Markets columnist with Business Daily reported how sea piracy is driving up the cost of insurance for importers. Mr. Kadima said commercial interests could not replace the fundamental rights of individuals. Mr. Kadima was quoted as saying: “There are no statistics that piracy trials have reduced piracy”.