Dr. Nancy Makokha Baraza (born 1957 in Bungoma District, Western Kenya) is a former Kenyan judge.
In early 2010, she was elected chairperson of the Media Council of Kenya’s Ethics and Complaints Commission.
[2] The names were forwarded to President Mwai Kibaki, who then submitted them to Parliament after consultation with the then prime minister, Raila Odinga[3] where they were approved.
[4] In January 2012, the Judicial Service Commission formed a sub-committee to investigate reports[5] that Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza assaulted a female security guard at the Village Market shopping mall on 31 December 2011.
[9] On 18 October, she subsequently resigned after withdrawing her supreme court appeal of the tribunal's verdict.