Law Students Shine in Kigali Moot Competition

Christof Hynes All Africa Human Rights Moot Competition. From left, Yvon Kendi (DU), 3rd Ayub Okayo (DU) and far right Elijah Light (DU) together with one of the winning teams, Midland State University from Zimbabwe.

Daystar University Law students finished 4th among 51 English teams in the semi-finals of the Christof Hynes All Africa Human Rights Moot Competition, in Kigali Rwanda.

Team Daystar lost to Ebonyi State University, Nigeria which jointly with Midland State University, Zimbabwe (respondents) won this year's 33rd Christof Hynes Moot Competition against Applicants, the University of Nairobi, and Université Thomas Sankara, from Burkina Faso (a French Team). 

As part of the moot's tradition, 4 teams went to the finals comprising of 3 English teams and 1 French team paired in twos. By finishing 4th amongst English teams, Daystar University team was knocked out of the finals by the top 3 English teams. 

On the memorial categories, Daystar University team won both Applicant and respondent memorials awards. Additionally, the stellar performance of our team attracted several honorable mentions including a mention on being the first-time team finishing in the top 4 spot and winning memorials and the youngest law school among universities. The Daystar University team was represented by:

1. Elijah Light 20-1101 (Mooter)
2. Yvon Kendi 22-2824 (Mooter)
3. Ayub Okayo 1537 (Head Coach)
4. Wycliff Kamau (Coach) 
5. Caleb Mutie (Coach) 
6. Fuqrudin Hassan (Coach). 

The Infospot congratulates the team for this big win and for good representation of our university in Kigali, Rwanda.