Elson Kaseke

Elson Kaseke (1967–2011) was a Zimbabwean lawyer. A long-time resident of Belize, he served that country in a variety of capacities including as a legal draftsman and as Solicitor-General before becoming an attorney in private practice there.

Kaseke got his start in Belize as a legal draftsman; at the time of his law school graduation, Belize happened to be looking for a draftsman, and he decided to come to the country to try things out, apparently without the intention of remaining for long. According to former Attorney-General Godfrey Smith, Kaseke was responsible for drafting virtually all of Belize's laws from the mid-1990s up until about 2007. In that obscure field he became quite distinguished for his skill, even attracting the attention of the CARICOM secretariat, who consulted with him on the issue of harmonisation of laws. He further took up the position of Commissioner for Law Review, in which capacity he compiled nine volumes of The Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, published in 2000. He was also responsible for setting up the website BelizeLaw.org and making all of Belize's laws available online. In addition to all of the above, he also served as Belize's Chief Parliamentary Counsel.

Kaseke was named to the position of Solicitor-General in 2001, replacing Edwin Flowers who had been acting in the post since the transfer of Gian Ghandi. In 2005, he represented the government in its failed attempt to extradite Andrew and Floyd Brown to the United States on narcotics charges; Dean Barrow represented the defendants. His term was also marred by a scandal over his holdings in BELIPO (Belize Intellectual Property Office), a private company which had a revenue sharing agreement with the Belize Companies and Corporate Affairs Registry. In May 2006, AG Francis Fonseca announced that Kaseke's contract as SG would not be renewed. In media interviews, Fonseca stated that Kaseke "felt it was time for him to move on ... and we felt that it was an opportunity for us to have a new beginning. Over the next few months he continued to represent the government of Belize in existing cases, such as the unsuccessful application for a stay of execution of the Supreme Court ruling that restored Jeffrey Prosser to his seat on the board of Belize Telecommunications.

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