President William Ruto on Tuesday nominated Dorcas Oduor to the position of Attorney General replacing Justin Muturi who was recently nominated as Public Service Cabinet Secretary.
She currently serves as Secretary of Public Prosecutions at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
Oduor is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Laws from the University of Nairobi, and a Master of Arts in International Conflict Management from the same university.
"The presidential nominations as transmitted to Parliament pertain to the position of the Attorney-General nominated Ms Dorcas Agik Oduor, SC, EBS, OGW, for appointment to the position of the Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya," President Ruto announced.
"Senior Counsel Dorcas Oduor has vast legal experience spanning over thirty years of practice within the public sector," he added.
Dorcas Oduor in her career as a jurist, contributed immensely to the development of law in Kenya through litigation, draughtsman, and legal advisories.
If her nomination is approved by parliamentarians, she will be the first female Attorney General in Kenyan history.
Her nomination comes hardly two weeks after President Ruto nominated the former Trade Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano to the same position.
President Ruto would however recall Miano's nomination as AG and subsequently proceeded to nominate her as Tourism Cabinet Secretary.
Oduor was named alongside Beatrice Askul Moe who was nominated to the position of Cabinet Secretary for East African Community Affairs (EAC) & Regional Development.
President Ruto's decision to nominate the duo came weeks after he vowed to form an inclusive government which he termed as broad-based.
Among those who were also nominated to the new-look government were 4 Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) senior leaders. They included; John Mbadi (Treasury), Opiyo Wandayi (Energy and Petroleum) Ali Hassan Joho (Mining & Blue Economy) and Wycliffe Oparanya (Co-operatives and MSMEs).
