High Court Judge Louis Ongutu on Thursday evening collapsed and died at the Parklands Sports Club in Nairobi.
The commercial division Judge was rushed to MP Shah Hospital shortly after 7.30 p. m. where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Kenya Judges and Magistrates Association Secretary-General Derrick Kuto confirmed the report indicating that the deceased passed on after a gym session.
Justice Ongutu began his career at the Constitutional and Judicial Review Division at the Milimani Law Courts, Nairobi, before moving to the commercial division where he served until his demise.
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He was also among the lawyers President Uhuru Kenyatta nominated for the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in 2014, though he did not make it to join the body.
He also delivered a landmark ruling where the government was found to have acted in error for issuing title deeds without consulting the National Lands Commission (NLC).
The Judge was also handling the matter of the Kenya Power Company inflated consumer bills before he passed on.
Lawyers, some of whom were his students, mourned the Judge as an exemplary gentleman and a man who stood for justice.
"We have lost one of our finest young judges," stated the former Law Society of Kenya president Isaac Okero.
Opposition lawyer Nelson Havi tweeted: "We all die the day we are born; life is just but a journey towards the end of the dying, the finality of the living: to be heard and to be seen no more, to be remembered or forgotten only. The end. Goodbye Justice Louis Onguto."
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National Super Alliance (NASA) CEO Norman Magaya also tweeted: "Very saddened to learn of the sudden demise of Justice Louis Onguto this evening. Very unbelievable. What an amazing being he was. A superb teacher of the law and a great professional. A giant of conveyancing law and practice. Journey well my lord till we meet again."
Here are more tweets that were shared in honour of the departed Judge.
