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Ken Marende, who served as the Speaker of the National Assembly, retains his position as partner and consultant. Kenneth is an experienced lawyer having qualified as an Advocate in 1979. He is the former Speaker of the National Assembly, a position he held from 2008 to 2013.

He started working as a State Counsel in September 1979 and rose through the ranks to the level of Senior State Counsel. He left the Government service in 1984 to work with Bryson Inamdar and Bowyer Company Advocates where he was admitted into partnership in 1986 until 1988 when he started his own firm, Marende and Company Advocates. In a legal career spanning over three decades, he has established himself as a leading lawyer in company law, commercial law, banking and financial services, public sector law, corporate transactions, joint ventures, and labour law

In 2002, Kenneth actively joined politics upon his election by the constituents of Emuhaya Constituency and represented them in Parliament until 2008. As Speaker of the National Assembly, Kenneth chaired the House Business Committee, the Parliamentary Service Commission, and sat in the Standing Order, Powers and Privileges, and Pensions Committees. He was also responsible for initiating live broadcasts of the Parliamentary proceedings in the House.

His accolades and accomplishments as the in-charge of Kenya's legislature resulted in his appointment abroad as President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. In 2008, he was awarded the highest award any Kenyan citizen can receive, the Elder of the Golden Heart (EGH) by the President, the next year he was awarded the Jurist of the Year by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ-K). In 2011, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) feted Kenneth with the highest award any Advocate can receive, the Advocates Lifetime Roll of Honour.