By Wakhungu Andaje
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has cleared city lawyer Cecil Miller of any wrongdoing following allegations by Kenya’s High Commissioner to India, Peter Munyiri, that the advocate owed him a refund of legal fees.
According to official correspondence seen by The Times, the LSK reviewed Munyiri’s complaint and found that it could not proceed with disciplinary action since the matter is already the subject of a pending court case filed by Miller against the Ambassador.
In an official communication dated April 2025, LSK noted that the dispute fell outside its jurisdiction, given that the same issues are actively before the courts.
Documents and email exchanges between Advocate Miller and Ambassador Munyiri from March 2016 further indicate that there was a clear agreement on how the funds in question were to be utilized.
In one of the emails dated March 31, 2016, Miller wrote:
“Kindly confirm that Miller & Company Advocates can apply the entire set of funds forwarded to us as legal fees to enable us to proceed to finalise your matters.”
A day later, on April 1, 2016, Munyiri replied confirming the arrangement, stating:
“I confirm funds remitted by our companies should be applied to pay legal fees for services rendered on our various issues.”
Despite this confirmation, Ambassador Munyiri later wrote to the LSK claiming that Miller owed him money. However, the Society concluded that the advocate acted within the scope of his professional mandate.
Sources close to the case have indicated that Miller has maintained a spotless record and that the accusations circulating online were “malicious and misleading.”
The LSK’s findings now set the record straight, exonerating the prominent lawyer from what appear to be baseless allegations and reaffirming the Society’s commitment to due process and professional integrity in handling disputes involving its members.
