Energy and Climate Law Practitioner

Halima I. Hussein is an energy and environmental law practitioner based in Kenya.

She is passionate about affecting and effecting sustainable laws and policies that positively change the trajectory of community lives and livelihoods.

She is a Partner at Hawa & Hussein Advocates LLP, a private law firm that specializes in commercial and environmental transactions and litigation, and also leads Uhai Initiative, an NGO aimed at legally empowering communities in marginalized regions in Kenya effectively participate in project and governance decisions that affect their lives and livelihoods.  

She is a Chevening Scholar with a Master of Laws in Energy and Natural Resources Law from Queen Mary, University of London and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Nairobi. She is also an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a member of the Law Society of Kenya’s Continuous Professional Development Committee.