Nairobi, March 2 -- Ms Faith Mony Odhiambo, the newly elected Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President, threw a campaign that hit the right notes where it mattered.

The University of Nairobi law lecturer appealed to the young members of the bar, and concentrated her campaigns in Nairobi, where nearly two-thirds of advocates reside.

Both paid off-and paid off handsomely.

"I understand their plight and relate to their needs," she said of the young bar, most of whom she taught as a University of Nairobi School of Law.

And on Thursday, she was overwhelmingly endorsed as the LSK 51st president, beating her closest rival by more than 900 votes.

It was a historic win as she is only the second female president of the lawyers' body, after former ...