Amuhaya D. Barasa

Council Member

Amuhaya D. Barasa heads both the Company Secretarial and Legal Advisory functions at Amref Health Africa and Amref International University. She has immense knowledge and over 7 years of experience in corporate legal, company secretarial, corporate governance and NGO legal advisory services. Ms Barasa is responsible for creating and structuring of a vibrant functional legal department for the organization. Before commencing her role at Amref Health Africa, Amuhaya was the Acting Company Secretary at Mumias Sugar Limited where she was responsible for their Litigation Management, Compliance Management system, legal due diligence, drafting and vetting of various legal agreements among other roles. Amuhaya holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Nairobi and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Law with specialization in International Finance Law and Regulation. She has an Executive Diploma in Corporate Governance from the Kenya College of Accountancy and holds a PG Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management from the Institute of Risk Management (UK). Her qualification as a company secretary has earned her membership with the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and a Postgraduate Diploma form the Kenya School of Law. She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a member of the Law Society of Kenya. She left the Banking industry in 2009 having held positions of Managing Director in Southern Credit Bank, Executive Director and Chief Accountant, Senator Cards. She has also worked with the Insurance Industry at American Life Insurance Company as a Senior Accountant. Other assignments have included Accounts Analyst at United Builders Merchants (UBM), Bristol, UK. Other achievements include: Chairman of Kenya Credit and Debit Card Association (KCDCA) where she influenced change of policy and practice on how the Judiciary handled e-commerce transactions, influenced change in government policy to enable introduction of credit referencing which required amendment of pre-requisite laws, participated in various speaking engagements.  She has extensive board experience both in the private sector and the NGO sector. Having previously served on boards of Southern Credit Banking Corporation, Kenya Institute of Bankers, Syracusia Ltd, Palmhouse Foundation Board of Trustees, Amref Health Africa, Amref Flying Doctors, AMIU Board of Trustees among others. She is currently the Chairperson of AMIU Council.