Education Background: Studied law at the University of Nairobi
Justice Mohammed Khadhar Ibrahim was appointed a Judge of the inaugural Supreme Court of Kenya on June 16, 2011.
He was appointed as a Judge of the High Court on May 22, 2003 and served in various divisions and stations countrywide until he was elevated to the Supreme Court.
After his university studies, the judge entered private practice. He joined the firm of Waruhiu & Muite Advocates in November 1982 and was subsequently admitted to the Roll of Advocates on January 11, 1983. He was the first from among the Kenyan Somali community to be admitted to the Bar as an Advocate. He progressed in the firm, becoming a salaried partner in 1985 and a full partner in 1987.
He went on to establish his own practice, Mohammed Ibrahim & Associates, in 1994. The firm subsequently expanded to become Ibrahim & Isaack Advocates in 1997.
While in private practice he took on pro bono activities and community service. As a result of his opposition to aspects of the one-party Kanu regime, he was detained without trial in July 1990 and spent one month in solitary confinement in Kamiti Prison for giving legal advice and supporting pro-democracy champions.
He is the Chairperson of the Judiciary Committee on Elections having been appointed on August 16, 2021 by the Chief Justice.
