Justice Mohammed Khadhar Ibrahim (1 January 1956 – deceased) was a distinguished Kenyan jurist and a Judge of the Supreme Court of Kenya. He was appointed to the apex court as part of its inaugural bench on 16 June 2011 following an open and competitive process. A pioneer from the Kenyan Somali community, Justice Ibrahim studied law at the University of Nairobi, joined Waruhiu & Muite Advocates in 1982, and was admitted to the Roll of Advocates in January 1983—widely recognised as the first Kenyan Somali to be admitted to the Bar. Over the next two decades, he built a formidable reputation as a leading commercial and constitutional lawyer, with extensive practice in banking, company, property, and insurance law, alongside high-profile public-interest litigation. Beyond legal practice, Justice Ibrahim was deeply involved in Kenya’s human-rights and pro-democracy struggles. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he provided legal support to reformist politicians and activists, was detained without trial in 1990 for his role in the second liberation movement, and became a prominent advocate for minority and marginalised communities—particularly Kenyan Somalis. He is especially remembered for challenging the discriminatory “pink card” regime that relegated Kenyan Somalis to second-class citizenship. He was appointed a Judge of the High Court in May 2003, serving in Nairobi (Civil, Commercial, and Constitutional Divisions), Eldoret, and Mombasa. Upon his elevation to the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim sat on several landmark constitutional and presidential-election cases. He also served as Chair of the Judiciary Committee on Elections and represented the Supreme Court on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Justice Mohammed Khadhar Ibrahim is remembered as a trailblazer, reformer, and principled jurist whose legacy profoundly shaped Kenya’s constitutional jurisprudence and the struggle for equality, justice, and the rule of law.