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An advocate who listens first, and a mediator who helps you decide next.

Rashid Mbwiza is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a Certified Professional Mediator, a Court-Annexed Mediator with the Judiciary, and an accredited Mediation Trainer.

The Team

Three advocates. One standard of work.

Mbwiza & Company Advocates is a small, deliberately senior team. You will always know who is handling your matter — and you will always be served by someone with the experience to handle it properly.

Rashid Mbwiza, Founding Advocate
Rashid MbwizaFounding Advocate · Mediator

Rashid Mbwiza

Founding Advocate · Mediator · Mediation Trainer

Court-Annexed Mediator with the Judiciary, Certified Professional Mediator, and a Mediation Trainer. Leads the firm's litigation, mediation, and conveyancing practice.

Litigation Conveyancing Mediation & ADR Commercial
Ali Muhamed Mwanjama, Associate Advocate
Ali Muhamed MwanjamaAssociate Advocate

Ali Muhamed Mwanjama

Associate Advocate

An Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a practice spanning commercial litigation, employment and labour relations, and conveyancing. Known for thorough preparation and a calm, client-first approach in and out of the courtroom.

Litigation Employment & Labour Conveyancing Commercial
Nelson Lusamba, Associate Advocate
Nelson LusambaAssociate Advocate

Nelson Lusamba

Associate Advocate

An Advocate of the High Court of Kenya focused on family, succession and probate matters, with growing practice in immigration and corporate advisory. Brings a patient, detail-oriented approach to matters that often sit at the centre of family decisions.

Family & Succession Immigration Corporate Probate
Meet the Founding Advocate

Rashid Mbwiza

"A highly experienced and ethical Advocate of the High Court with a passion and dedication to justice — resourceful in gathering information, providing appropriate avenues for parties, and guiding both individuals and groups to reach satisfactory agreements."

Rashid is the founding Advocate of Mbwiza & Company Advocates, a small, senior practice in Kwale with active matters across Diani and the Coast. He has built his career around an unfashionable idea: that the best legal outcomes are the ones a client understands, controls, and can live with.

That conviction is the reason he trained and certified as a mediator long before it was a common move for a litigator. It is the reason he has served the Judiciary as a Court-Annexed Mediator in Mombasa since 2020. And it is the reason the firm is, in practice, a mediation-first practice — litigation, when it is the right answer, is brought with the same discipline and care.

Work with Rashid → Mediation & ADR
Rashid Mbwiza, Advocate
Rashid Mbwiza Advocate · Mediator · Mediation Trainer
What we stand for

Four principles, every matter.

The work is varied, the clients are different, but the way we work does not change. Every engagement is anchored in the same four commitments.

01

Plain language

You will always understand what we are doing, why, and what it will cost. No legalese fog, no surprise invoices.

02

Mediation-first instincts

If a quieter path serves you, we will recommend it — even if that means a smaller brief for the firm.

03

Senior attention

Every matter is handled by the Advocate. There is no hand-off to a junior you did not meet.

04

Discretion and care

Your matter is private. We treat it that way, in writing, in conversation, and in how we use technology.

Experience

A decade of practice across court, chamber, and community.

From the County Government of Kwale, through associate roles in Mombasa, to founding his own practice — Rashid's career has been deliberately broad. The pattern is consistent: lean into the hard things, learn the craft, then turn it outward.

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Present

Founding Advocate · Mbwiza & Company Advocates

Sole proprietor · Kwale, Kenya
  • Litigation, conveyancing, and mediation across the Coast region
  • Mediator · The Win-Win Chamber (Kwale County)
2020 – Present

Court-Annexed Mediator · The Judiciary of Kenya

Mombasa County
  • Mediating matters referred to court-annexed mediation
  • Improving access to justice through principled process
Sep 2022 – Dec 2023

Associate Advocate · Chimera Kamotho & Company

Kwale
  • Litigation, conveyancing, commercial law, and mediation
  • Drafting and reviewing contracts on behalf of clients
  • Legal opinions for individuals and corporates
Feb 2022 – Aug 2022

Associate Advocate · Khatib & Company Advocates

Mombasa
  • Litigation practice, conveyancing, and mediation
Feb 2019 – Jan 2022

Trainee Advocate · Maina Njanga & Company

Mombasa
  • Research, drafting, conveyancing practice
  • Encouraged clients toward appropriate ADR
  • Pleadings and legal opinions under supervision
Oct 2016 – Dec 2016

County Legal Intern · County Government of Kwale

Kwale County
  • Research, filings, drafting of County legislation
  • Reviewed Memoranda of Understanding
Education & Training

A foundation built deliberately.

Post-Graduate Diploma

2021 · Postgraduate diploma in law, completing the formal pathway to full practice as an Advocate of the High Court.

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B)

2017 · University of Nairobi. The rigorous foundation on which a decade of practice has been built.

Accreditation as Mediation Trainer of Trainers

Mediation Training Institute (International) East Africa. Training the next generation of accredited mediators.

Certificate — Business & IT

2012 · Institute of Advanced Technology. The systems-thinking that now underpins the firm's case management.

ICDL — International Computer Driving Licence

2012 · Proficiency across the digital tools the modern practice runs on.

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

2011 · Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Secondary & Technical School. Where the journey began.

Memberships & Recognitions

Active in the institutions that shape the law.

Membership of professional bodies is a discipline, not a decoration. The following are positions in which Rashid is currently active or has served in the recent past.

  • Member, Law Society of Kenya. The professional body that regulates the conduct and competence of advocates in Kenya.
  • Member, Integrity Committee, Kwale Law Courts. Helping safeguard the standards of the local Bar.
  • Former Convener, Mombasa Law Society ADR Committee. Championing mediation and ADR in the Mombasa legal community.
  • Member, Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC). A chartered professional in mediation practice.
  • FIDA Mediator. Federation of Women Lawyers mediator, providing pro bono mediation on family matters.
  • Pro Bono Lawyer, Pro Bono Institute of Kenya. Supporting Strathmore University students in experiential learning.
Skills & Approach

Hard skills, soft skills, the same outcome.

Technical

Conflict prevention Conflict management Conflict resolution Conveyancing Commercial law Mediation training Legal research Drafting Client service

How we work

  • Transformational leadership abilities
  • Excellent communicator — both verbal and written
  • Independent caseload management with minimal supervision
  • Strong interpersonal and team-working skills
  • High accuracy and attention to detail
  • Comfortable managing virtual sessions
  • Mentored mediators toward judiciary accreditation
Practice in photographs

Ten years, in the room.

Mediation training cohorts, community engagements, and the long middle stretch of a legal career — most of which happens well away from a courtroom.

Mediation training workshop in session
TrainingFacilitating court-annexed mediator cohorts and mentoring practitioners toward accreditation.
Client consultation at the firm's office
PracticeConveyancing, litigation, contracts, and the family matters that rarely stay still.
Engaging with community elders and leaders
CommunityClinic sessions, public talks, and the conversations that keep disputes out of court.

Ready to work with a senior advocate who treats your matter as his own?

Confidential consultations in Kwale and Diani, or online. We will listen first, advise plainly, and only then act.

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