Betty Murungi’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Kenyan human rights activist
Is Activist 
Lawyer 
Human rights activist 
From Kenya 
Type Activism 
Law 
Gender female
Family
Spouse: James Orengo

Kaari Betty Murungi is a human rights activist from Kenya. 

Education

Murungi attended Kenya School of Law at the University of Nairobi. 
In the years 2005-2006, she was a visiting fellow at the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Career

Murungi is a lawyer by profession, and has practiced law at national, regional and international levels, and also in the management and governance of non-governmental and non-profit organizations.

She serves on the board of the Kenya Human Rights Commission, the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice at the International Criminal Court,  The Hague, Netherlands, and is a past board member of The Federation of Women Lawyers-Kenya. 

Murungi has been a consultant and legal advisor to Rights & Democracy on gender-related crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), since 1998. In addition, she has served as legal advisor to the Women’s Human Rights Program at Rights and Democracy, Montreal, Canada.

From 2009 to 2013, she served as Vice-Chairperson and Commissioner to The Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission of Kenya and as the Africa representative on the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court.

Besides working in Kenya, Murungi has also worked in South Sudan, Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Rwanda, and Liberia. 

Awards

In 2003, Murungi received the Kenya National Honor of the Moran of the Burning Spear for her efforts in human rights activism. In 2005, she was awarded the International Peace Advocate Award by the Cardozo Law School New York.

Personal life

Murungi is married to James Orengo, a lawyer, and politician from Kenya.

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