Dr. Deche Mercy holds a PhD from the University of Nairobi and teaches at Mombasa Law Campus. She holds an LLM from London University specializing in Law & Policy of International Courts and Tribunals, Human Rights of Women, Child Rights, and Youth Justice – Family Law. She is also an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, and previously served as a Commissioner & vice Chair of Judicial Service Commission (JSC) elected to represent the law society of kenya

Dr. Deche Mercy is a legal specialist with broad & established professional experience, including -

1. legal technical and advisory assistance in rule of law, restorative justice, judicial integrity, access to justice, gender mainstreaming, marginalized groups and communities’ rights, gender-based violence and children’s rights.
2. Established researcher, with proven experience in research and assessments on legal and policy issues, legal institutional assessments, as well as academic research, with numerous published research articles and conference papers focusing on judicial and legal issues as well as rule of law in Kenya, East Africa and beyond.
3. Vast knowledge of the different judicial systems across Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as Commonwealth countries, stemming from successful implementation of various legal projects across the region, as well as legal interactions in the regions through conferences, training and capacity building.

She is also a renowned legal researcher, and accredited trainer and supervisor of legal doctoral candidates across the Africa region.

Dr. Deche is also a prolific researcher and publisher. Here we sample some of her most recent works –

1. M Deche Sarah Kinyanjui Conrad Bosire The Impact of Covid-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy in Kenya in F Dunkell et al (eds) The Impact of Covid-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy Routledge, 2021 Online: https://www.routledge.com/The-Impact-of-Covid-19-on-Prison-Conditions-and-Penal-Policy/Dunkel-Harrendorf-Smit/p/book/9780367769727
2. M Deche, Conrad Bosire, The Silver Lining in the Covid-19 Cloud: An Appraisal of Accelerated Prison Decongestion in Kenya Victim & Offenders Volume 15 Issue 7-8. 2020 Online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15564886.2020.1827470
3. M Deche, Sarah Kinyanjui & Kiarie Mwaura, Double Standards of Childhood in The Kenyan Criminal Legal Framework: The Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility Versus the Age of Consent East African Law Journal (2019) available online: https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/easfrilaj2019&div=5&id=&page=
4. Deche Mercy Sarah Kinyanjui & Kiarie Mwaura, Access to Justice for Intra-Familial Child Sexual Abuse Victims in Kenya: A Mirage? International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research Volume: 04, Issue: 07 July 2019 Online: https://ijsser.org/files_2019/ijsser_04__382.pdf

Dr. Deche  has also presented various technical papers and report including most recently (March 2022) a Paper on the Report of the Kenya Land Commission (Morris Carter Report) 1932, jointly with Dr Celestine Musembi to National Land Commission Kenya Commissioners and Secretariat Staff

Research Gate profile at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mercy-Deche

LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-mercy-deche-3a5822202/?trk=public_profile_browsemap&originalSubdomain=ke

Google Scholar profile: 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aILReRYAAAAJ&hl=en