A result-driven professional with aspiring progressive career in project management and law, with over 8 years of experience having worked with different organizations. With extensive knowledge of the managerial and Legal procedures in a legal environment. Extensive experience and understanding of laws, legal codes, court procedures, legislative and policy & legislative drafting, human rights law, children rights and Business law. I am a strong team player with excellent client facing and configuration skills. Having an ability to communicate complex sensitive information in an understandable form to clients. I desire to work in a highly competitive and dynamic organization specializing in providing quality standard to enable me gain exposure in shaping me to face current needs.

1. Curriculum Vitae
Agnes Nyawira Kionga
P.O Box 10784-00400 Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone no: 0707 329 013 / 0763418965/0722418965 Email: nkionga@gmail.com
Bio Data Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: 1984
Nationality: Kenyan
PersonalProfile A result-driven professional with aspiring progressive career in project management
and law, with over 8 years of experiencehaving worked with different organizations.
With extensive knowledge of the managerial and Legal procedures in a legal
environment. Extensive experience and understanding of laws, legal codes, court
procedures, legislative and policy & legislative drafting, human rights law, children
rights and Business law. I am a strong team player with excellent client facing and
configuration skills.Having an abilityto communicate complexsensitiveinformation
in an understandable form to clients. I desire to work in a highly competitive and
dynamic organization specializing in providing quality standard to enable me gain
exposure in shaping me to face current needs.
Education
2014 –Ongoing
Postgraduate Diploma in Law
Kenya School of Law
2009 - 2014
Bachelor of Law
Mt. Kenya University
June 2005 - June 2008
KATC Final
CPA Part I
CPA Part II Section IV
Star College of Management Studies
2003 - 2004
A Level Certificate
London College of St. Lawrence, Uganda
1999 - 2002
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
Ruchu Girls Secondary School
Skills  Reporting and Drafting Skills: Ability to write research summaries and
reports in compliance with organizations and other requirements.
 Analytical Skills: Recognizes areas of weaknesses requiring improvements
and makes recommendations to the management for consideration, approval
and implementation.
 Knowledge of Substantive Law and Legal Procedure: sufficient knowledge of
common law system, as applied locally, relevant filing requirements and

2. timelines,fundamental principlesof law in allpractice areas learnt and relevant
legal lingua.
 Teamwork: Possess strong commitment to team environment dynamics with
the ability to contribute expertise and follow any directives at appropriate
times.
 Decision Making and Problem Solving Skills: I am able to make timely, well
considered and logical decisions on problem situations that may arise so as to
find appropriate and workable solutions. In addition, I am able to resolve in-
depth queries both internal and external, in a methodical manner
independently.
 Flexibility and Adaptability: I am a flexible team player who thrives in
environments that require ability to effectively prioritize and juggle multiple
concurrent tasks. I am also very positive, resilient and open to new ideas.
Work
Experience
July 2015 to Date ECLOF Microfinance
Position: Legal Officer
Responsibilities:
Transformation Secretary
 Take minutes and offer legal Advisory services to the Senior
Management Transformation Committee
 Liase with external service providers involved and engaged in the
Transformation of ECLOF Kenya Microfinance
 Development of Departmental Policy Manual and Procedures
Regulatory compliance
 Formulate compliance check-lists to be used for the purpose of ensuring that
all information required is provided accordingly.
 Continuously monitor compliance with statutory obligations and advise
management accordingly.
 Prepare monthly and quarterly reports for the department for executive
management meetings.
Contract negotiation
 Review all contracts or any other documentation where the Company has
committed itself and assess legal implications that need to be brought to the
executive management’s attention.
 Prepare, review and modify contractual instruments to assist and support
various business activities.
 Negotiate, review and draft documentation for business transactions and
prepare and advise on the necessary checklist to be adopted to ensure
information is submitted on time
Legal risk
 Review ongoing cases and advice management accordingly.
 Liaise with relevant departments to ensure that where legal risks have been
identified, appropriate courses of action have been taken.
 Provide legal protection and risk management advice to management
especially on contract management.

3.  Provide and interpret legal information, conduct training and disseminate
appropriate legal requirements to staff.
Policy development
 Review and advise management on legal implications of internal policies
and procedures.
 Review and draft contracts, agreements and internal policies and ensure that
they are in compliance with all statutory or legal requirements.
Litigation management
 Review progress of outstanding litigation and liaise with and manage
external lawyers.
Other Duties
 Vice Chairperson of ECLOF Kenya Sacco
 Chairperson of Education Committee of ECLOF Kenya Sacco
Feb 2010 - July 2015 Faulu Microfinance Bank Limited
Position: Legal Assistant Officer
Responsibilities:
 Maintain and update the database of cases and management of
Litigation.
 Review progress of outstanding litigation and liase with and manage
external lawyers.
 Diarize hearing notices for pending cases and follow up on outcome
thereof.
 Negotiate, review and draft documentation for business transactions
and prepare and advise on the necessary checklist to be adopted to
ensure information is submitted on time Training.
 Transformation to a Deposit Taking microfinance Advise.
 Review and analyses client file has all the necessary documents for
perfection process by external Advocates.
 Liase with Advocate’s where professional undertaking is issued to
another financial Organization.
 Forward all the relevant documents like Original Title’s, Certificate of
Lease, Lease agreements.
 Update the loan register system on every stage until completion.
 Receive instruction from credit on clearance of loan.
 Prepare discharge forms.
 Forward the complete discharge together with the Title document to
the client the relevant parties.
 Identify legal training needs for Faulu Staff.
 Prepare TOR for Advocates to train the staff.
 Review all leases both old and new.
 Issue termination and renewal of leases as per instructions.
 Instruct Advocates on registration of leases.

4.  Management and record keeping of all original leases both in soft and
hard copies.
 Receive and follow up with the affected department for facts.
 Follow up on transmission of deceased accounts to the next of Kin
Search through instructing Advocates.
 Assist in legalRiskManagement with Internal audit,CBK and external
audit.
July 2008 - Jan 2010 Faulu Microfinance Bank Limited
Position: Loan and Data Processing Officer
Responsibilities:
 Inputting of raw data from the field into the system.
 Processing of loan forms.
 Solving of queries as they arise from the field.
 Customer care services.
Additional
Information
Trainings and Workshop
 6th - 10th Oct 2014: Civil Procedure Training at the Kenya School of Law.
 Sept - Dec 2011: Judicial Clinical at Milimani High court and commercial
courts.
 2010 - 2011: Leadership training.
 Sept 2008: Filing tax returns held at KRA in Times Towers.
 July 2008: Training in emerge system of operation.
Seminars
 July 2013: Seminar on Money Laundering.
 Aug 2012: Seminar by Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM).
 July 2011: Seminar by Federation of Kenyan Employers on the Effects of the
New Constitution on Labour Laws.
Hobbies and Interests
 Reading, Swimming
Referees Anne Makori
Advocate
Mobile no: +254 722 200 419
P.O 52305-00200, Nairobi
Winnie Nyaga.
HR Patner
Faulu Kenya Head Office
Mobile no: +254 727 748 443 /+254 721 660 125 /+254 734 430 959
P.O Box 4501-00506, Nairobi
Anne Ndirangu
Training Manager
ECLOF Microfinance

5. Mobile no: +254 0721 603 115
P.O Box 34889-00100, Nairobi