Court of Appeal judge Prof. Otieno Odek died on Monday morning at his home in Kisumu.
The family says the judge collapsed and died in the house. He was aged 56.
Justice Odek was sworn in as a Court of Appeal judge in 2012.
In 2011, he unsuccessfully applied for the position of Supreme Court judge.
Prof. Odek previously served as a senior lecturer and Dean in Faculty of Law at the University of Nairobi.
He was also the Managing Director of the Kenya Industrial Property Institute from December 2004 to 2012.
