Sports Disputes Arbitration in Africa – East Africa International Arbitration Conference (EAIAC) Committee and GBS Africa
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The East Africa International Arbitration Conference (EAIAC) Committee and GBS Africa welcomes you to the 4th in our topical Webinar Series. To join the conversation, Speakers
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ACHTA MAHAMAT SALEHCONSULTANT IN SPORTS LAW AND BUSINESS, CHADAchta is from Chad and holds a master’s degree in international business law from the University of Bordeaux 4, in France. Achta has started her career at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 2006. She was holding the position of Project Manager. In 2008, she joined FIFA where she worked for 2 years in the Player’s Status Department. Having a desire to go back to her homeland, Achta returned to Chad in 2010, where she established her own consultancy firm specialized in Business and Sports Law. In the meantime, she headed the legal department of the Chadian Water Company. In 2017, she was appointed as Constitutional Counselor in the Constitutional Council of Chad. Achta reintegrated in the world of Sports when she rejoined CAF in 2018, this time in the position of the Director of Legal Affairs and Compliance of CAF. After ending her work at CAF in May 2021, Achta established as a consultant in Business and Sport law.
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JOHN OHAGACHAIRMAN, SPORTS DISPUTES TRIBUNAL, KENYAJohn Ohaga is the Chairman of the Sports Disputes Tribunal. He has a passion for sports and was a rugby international having played for Kenya at fly half from 1987 to 1995 including at the All Africa Games held in Nairobi, Kenya in 1987. He was also a member of the all-conquering University of Nairobi Mean Machine Rugby Team that won consecutive Kenya Cup campaigns in 1989 and 1990. John now utilizes his great passion for sports in trying to inculcate a culture of proper governance and integrity in the management of sports. John has been the Convener of the Law Society of Kenya’s Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution from 2012 to 2020. He is a Chartered Arbitrator and is recognized by Chambers Global as one of the leading arbitrators in Kenya. He sits on the board of the Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration established under the Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration Act, No. 26 of 2013. He is also an Accredited Mediator and is a member of the Mediation Accreditation Committee established under the Section 59A of the Civil Procedure Act. John is a member of the Law Society of Kenya, the East African Law Society, the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, the International Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the International Council for Commercial Arbitration.
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DR. ABDEL RAOUFPARTNER, ABDEL RAOUF LAW FIRM, EGYPTDR. ABDEL RAOUF is Partner and Head of the international Arbitration Group at ABDEL RAOUF LAW FIRM, Cairo-Egypt. He is the former Director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA [2012-2016]) and an Associate Professor at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He specializes in international arbitration and ADR as well as in commercial contracts, investment agreements, construction, real estate and sports-related disputes. DR. ABDEL RAOUF is an Arbitrator listed in the Panel of Arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). He has acted as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chairman of arbitral tribunals in numerous CAS arbitrations including under the auspices of the Ad Hoc Division of the CAS in four disputes arising during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and two disputes arising during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. He is a member of the Governing Board and former Vice President of the ICCA, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and member of the Advisory Committee of the CRCICA, Egypt’s Alternate Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, a member of the Arbitration Committee of the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA).
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PROF. DR. DR. MONI WEKESAASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW, DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY, KENYAProf. Dr. Dr. Moni Wekesa holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B Hons), Master of Laws, and doctorate in Law (Ph.D), Bachelor of Education (B.ED Hons), M.Sc and PhD in Sports Medicine. He is an advocate. He has taught at many Universities and he is currently an Associate Professor of Law at Daystar University. He has held several honorary positions such as Chairman, Independent Disciplinary and Appeals Committee of the Kenyan Premier League; Chairman, Disciplinary Committee of the then Football Kenya Federation. He is a member of the Disciplinary Committee of World Athletics; and a member of the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee of the International Weightlifting Federation. He has over 100 publications to his name and has made over 100 presentations at national and international conferences. He teaches constitutional law and Science & Technology Law.
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MERCY OKIROTRAINED ARBITRATOR & ADVOCATE OF THE HIGH COURT KENYAMercy Okiro is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, trained Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator and Construction Adjudicator. She is an Accredited Tutor and Assessor of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) and the Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration (NCIA). Mercy holds a Master of Arts degree in International Studies from the University of Nairobi and is currently writing her dissertation for the award of a Master of Laws degree with Queen Mary University of London. She holds professional qualifications in legal audits and procurement law amongst other areas of law. She sits on the Sports, Arts, Culture and Heritage Board of the Kenya Private Sector Alliance and is part of the joint Working Committee on Sports for the Ministry of Sports, Arts, Culture and Heritage Board. She sits on the Cricket Normalization Committee as an appointee of the Cabinet Secretary for Sports. She is on the panel of pro bono lawyers for the Sports Disputes Tribunal in Kenya and the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne. She regularly writes articles on sports law issues.
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