Martha Karua
Born 22 September 1957,Martha Karua Wangari is a well known Kenyan politician. Martha Karua is a former long-standing member of parliament for Gichugu Constituency and a Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
Martha Karua Education
For her high school education,Martha Karua attended Kabare Girls Boarding school before joining Kiburia girl’s secondary school, and then had a stint at Ngiriambu girls before settling at Karoti girls where she sat for her East African School Certificate.
She then proceeded to Nairobi girls (now State House) high school where after passing her EASCE she embarked on her A levels. Upon successful completion of her A levels, Martha Karua joined the University of Nairobi where she enrolled for a law degree and upon completion, appointed a magistrate in Nairobi.
Martha Karua Career
At the young age of 24, Martha was appointed as a Magistrate and served in a number of courts including Nakuru and Kibera. As a Magistrate Martha was renowned for consistently demonstrating keen and just discernment in her cases.
Following her magisterial position, Martha went into private practice where she took on, often without compensation, cases of many human rights activists and at the risk of being blacklisted and even jailed by the then dictatorial Moi government. Martha recounts how she, fearing for her life, sat down her two young children and explained to them how her work could lead to her disappearance. “It was a difficult thing to do, but I wanted them to be prepared in case one day, I did not come back home.”
In 1992, she was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Gichugu constituency.
Martha’s work ethic has been remarkable and her constituency is regarded as a model of development with one of the best developed horticultural productions among small scale farmers in Kenya.
As an MP, Martha has served in two ministerial positions. First as Minister of Water, she successfully rolled out water sector reforms and laid the foundation for the revival of the extensive irrigation projects currently in place across Kenya. Second as Minister of Justice, thereafter, Justice & Constitutional Affairs.
In April 2009 Martha Karua resigned as the Minister of Justice for what she termed as interference from the highest office in the ministry’s pursuit of judicial reforms. Rather than compromise her values and principles she walked away from being a key member of the government she has been a part of.
Despite her resignation, Martha has continued her commitment to serving Kenyans more than ever as a backbencher and party leader in NARC Kenya.
Martha Karua Family
Martha Karua is the second born in a family of eight siblings, four girls and four boys.
Martha is a divorcee and has two children from her marriage,Wwira and Njoka.
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