Martha Karua
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Honourable Martha Karua EGH, MP |
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| Minister of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs | |
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In office 2005 – 6 April 2009 |
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| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Preceded by | Kiraitu Murungi |
| Succeeded by | Mutula Kilonzo |
| Minister of Water Resources Management and Development | |
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In office 2003–2005 |
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| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Former Member of the Kenyan Parliament | |
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Assumed office 1992 |
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| Constituency | Gichugu Constituency |
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Martha Wangari 22 September 1957 Kirinyaga District, Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Political party | NARC-Kenya |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of Nairobi (LL.B) Kenya School of Law |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Positions | Partner, Martha Karua & Co. (1987–2002) |
| Website | www |
Martha Wangari Karua (pronunciation: /ˈmɑːθə/ /wænˈɡɑːriː/ /kəˈraʊ/) (born 1957) is a Kenyan politician. She is a former long-standing member of parliament for the Gichugu Constituency and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She was Minister of Justice until resigning from that position in April 2009. Karua has consistently fought for the protection of women's rights and improvements to the democratic process.
The daughter of Jackson Karue and his wife, Martha Karua was born on 22 September 1957 in Kirinyaga District in the Central Province of Kenya. Brought up in the village of Kimunye in the Gichugu Constituency, she is the second child in a family of eight, four girls and four boys.
She attended Kabare Girls Boarding School and Kiburia Girls Secondary School before passing her East African School Certificate at Karoti Girls High School in Kirinyaga County. She studied law at the University of Nairobi from 1977 to 1980. Between 1980 and 1981 she was enrolled at the Kenya School of Law for the statutory post graduate law course that is a prerequisite to admission to the Kenyan roll of advocates and licensing to practice law in Kenya.
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