2025 Conference

Keynote Speakers Highlight:

“Featuring a Stellar Line-Up of Influential Voices”

Be inspired by our keynote speakers, including Hon. Dr. Willy Mutunga, Rebecca Ochong and Dr Amy Adome. It promises to ignite stimulating discussions and pave the way for groundbreaking ideas.

Hon. Dr. Willy Mutunga, D.Jur, SC, EGH

Dr Mutunga was appointed to the Supreme Court of Kenya on 22nd June, 2011.  He holds a Doctorate Degree in Jurisprudence obtained in 1992 from Osgoode Hall law School at York University in Toronto, Canada.  His area of study was Contracts. Dr. Mutunga obtained both his Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Master of Laws degrees from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in 1971 and 1974, respectively. Dr. Mutunga joined the University of Nairobi as a lecturer in the Faculty of Law in October 1974.  While at the University of Nairobi, he served as the secretary-general of the University Staff Union between April 1979 and July 1980, when it was banned.  Dr. Mutunga was thereafter detained for 16 months (1982-3) for his activism while at the University of Nairobi and for his work at the Legal Advice Centre (Kituo Cha Sheria).  Dr. Mutunga has established and served in several other civil society organizations, including the East African Centre for Constitutional Development (Kituo Cha Katiba), Uganda; and the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Rights and Democracy) in Montreal, Canada. For his outstanding contribution to the development of law, human rights, good governance and social justice, Dr. Mutunga has received several national and international honours and awards including Elder of the Golden Heart for his distinguished service to the nation and his role in leading reforms in the Judiciary under the new Constitution (2012). Between 2004 and 2011, Dr. Mutunga wrote a column in the Sunday Nation newspaper under the pen name of Cabral Pinto.  He has published two books: The Rights of Arrested and Accused Persons (Nairobi: Oxford University Press, 1990) and Constitution-Making from the Middle: Civil Society and Transition Politics in Kenya, 1992-1997 (Nairobi and Harrare: Sareat/MWENGO, 1999).  He has also published many essays and papers on human rights, law, and society. He has co-edited and co-authored several books.

Rebecca Ochong

Rebecca Ochong is the Associate Director for Global Affairs and Advocacy at Habitat for Humanity International. In this role, she works to further HFHI’s global advocacy agenda, including issues related to adequate and affordable housing, security of tenure, housing finance, informal settlements, and disaster response. Rebecca has more than 20 years’ experience in the land and housing sector, mainly in the global south and has been instrumental in advocating for improved housing and land policies and practices at national, regional, and global levels. She previously worked as a land governance expert at UN-Habitat’s Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), where she was instrumental in developing various land tools as well as building capacity of key government actors and other land stakeholders to improve the implementation of innovative, pro-poor and gender-responsive land management practices and policies. She was also the focal point of the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) within the Land and GLTN Unit. She was the main support for the Gender portfolio at the Land and GLTN Unit. She has co-authored various papers and publications on land governance. She supported the development of a position paper aimed at strengthening messaging around land within the context of sustainable urbanization in the lead-up to Habitat III. Before joining the GLTN Secretariat, she worked on a broad range of land projects and engaged as a part-time lecturer at the School of Surveying and Geospatial Sciences at the Technical University of Kenya. Rebecca holds a Masters in Land Management from KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Surveying and Photogrammetry from the University of Nairobi. She is a current member of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (Land Surveyors Chapter).

Dr Amy Adome

Amy A. Adome, MD, MPH (She/Her) is senior vice president for Sharp HealthCare. Dr. Amy Adome is responsible for leading efforts to maintain and improve the quality of patient care across the Sharp system, which includes four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals and two affiliated medical groups. Dr. Adome works with a variety of groups within Sharp including clinical research and physician services, institutional review board, continuing medical education, service lines and performance improvement, to name a few. In addition, she works collaboratively with physicians, nurses and health professionals to develop, define, and deliver quality patient care, using quality assessment and monitoring techniques Dr. Adome joined Sharp Healthcare in April 2013. Prior to joining Sharp, Dr. Adome was based in the east coast where she held a number of leadership roles. Her most recent role before moving to San Diego was as Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety at Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, VA – a nonprofit regional system comprised of two hospitals and 28 ambulatory health care facilities and wellness services. While there, she was responsible for building and leading their corporate Quality and Patient Safety program. Before that, she worked in Manhasset, NY where she served as the Director of Quality at North Shore University hospital, an 806 – bed teaching hospital that is one of the cornerstones of North Shore LIJ Health System. Dr. Adome received her medical degree from Makerere University in Uganda, worked as a primary care physician in Kenya before migrating to the United States to pursue a Master in Public Health with a concentration in Health Care Management from Harvard University in Boston.

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