Mercy Buku is currently practising as an AML/CFT Legal Consultant in the Mobile payments and Banking Sector.
Mercy is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Commissioner for Oaths and Notary Public, and was admitted to the Kenyan Bar in December 1989. In addition to being a Certified Anti-money Laundering Specialist, Mercy is also an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK) and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Financial Law at the University of London.
Mercy has over 25 years’ experience as a legal and compliance practitioner in the financial services sector as Head of Legal and Compliance in various banks; and more recently as Senior Manager, Money Laundering Reporting Office in Safaricom Limited, where she was charged with the responsibility for overseeing the Anti-money Laundering Function for M-pesa and related financial services offered by Safaricom Limited, which is the leading mobile telephone network and mobile money service provider in Kenya.
Mercy has extensive experience as a trainer and consultant in Compliance and Anti-money Laundering in the Mobile Payments and Banking Sector and has made presentations at various local and international AML Workshops and Conferences, and has also contributed articles on Mobile Money and Financial Integrity to the University of Washington Law Journal, and the ACAMS Magazine. Mercy has also undertaken consultancy work in financial inclusion projects for CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor); Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) and the GSMA.
