About Me
IMilkah Murugi Cheptinga is Director of Legal Services at AMPATH and Prprietor of Cheptinga & Co. Advocates. She holds an LL.M. in Health Law, Policy and Bioethics (Indiana University), an LL.B (Moi University), and a Postgraduate Diploma from the Kenya School of Law, with additional certifications in gender, mediation, and legal ethics. I specialise in constitutional, health, gender, and institutional law, and combines courtroom experience with strategic advisory roles for health and governance institutions.
• Current roles: Director of Legal Services, AMPATH; Proprietor, Cheptinga & Co. Advocates.
• Practice areas: Constitutional law, health law and policy, gender and human rights, employment and institutional governance, litigation and legal drafting.
• Strengths: Persuasive legal drafting; layered, precedent-rich argumentation; complex litigation strategy; interdisciplinary analysis linking law with public health and ethics.
• Notable contributions: Legal adviser to multi‑stakeholder health programmes; disciplinary and governance committee service; presenter at international conferences on health rights and constitutional law.
• Professional style: Meticulous, strategic, and mentor-oriented, with a preference for evidence-based, rights-centred solutions and institutional reform.
