Martha Karua Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Family, Husband, Children, Daughter, and Net Worth.

Martha Karua Biography

Martha Karua is a famous Kenyan politician. She is a one-time long-standing member of parliament for the Gichugu Constituency and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She was Minister for Justice until quitting that position in April 2009. She has invariably fought for the protection of women’s rights and refinements to the democratic process.

Karua contested for the presidency in 2013 under the Narc-Kenya ticket making her the third woman to run for the highest office, after Charity Ngilu and Wangari Maathai in the 1997 elections. She emerged sixth in the race. She was chosen to run for deputy president after being selected as the running mate of presidential candidate Raila Odinga in the 2022 Kenyan general election.

10 Quick Facts About

1. Name: Martha Wangari Karua 
2. Age: 41 Years (2022)
3. Birthday: 9th May
4. Zodiac Sign: Taurus
5. Height: Average
6. Nationality: Kenyan
7. Occupation: Politician
8. Marital Status: Not Known
9. Salary: To be updated
10. Net worth: Sh150 million

Martha Karua Age

Karuais 65 years old as of 2022, she was born on 22 September 1957, in Kirinyaga County, Kenya. She celebrates her birthday on 22 September every year and her birth sign is Virgo.

Martha Karua Height

Marthastands at an average height. She appears to be quite tall in stature if her photos, relative to her surroundings, are anything to go by. Nevertheless, details about her actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.

Martha KaruaEducation

Karua attended Mugumo primary school, Kabare Girls Boarding School, and St Michael’s boarding school Keroguya. She thereafter attended Kiburia Girls Secondary School, Ngiriambu Girl’s secondary school, and Karoti Girls Secondary School where she excelled in her East African School Certificate at Karoti Girls High School in Kirinyaga County. She then attended Nairobi Girls’ secondary school for A levels.

She studied law at the University of Nairobi from 1977 to 1980. From 1980 – 1981 she was enrolled at the Kenya School of Law for the statutory postgraduate law course that is a prerequisite to admission to the Kenyan role of advocates and licensing to practice law in Kenya.

• Date: 1977 → 1980
• Education Institution: University of Nairobi
• Qualification: Undergraduate

• Date: 1980→ 1981
• Education Institution: Kenya School of Law
• Qualification: Postgraduate law course

• Date: Not Available
• Education Institution: Keburia Girls’ School, Ngiriambu Girls’ School
• Qualification: (O-Level)

• Date: Not Available
• Education Institution: St. Michael’s Girls’ Boarding Primary School
• Qualification: Not Available

Martha Karua Family

Martha was born in Kirinyaga District in the Central Province of Kenya as the daughter of Jackson Karua (father) and Josephine Wanjiru (mother). She was 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.

Martha Karua Husband

Karua was once married to High Court judge Justice kariuki. Nevertheless, according to Justice Kariuki, the two parted ways in 2008. This was not merely a regular divorce as it struck the national spotlight. This is because briefly after divorcing the iron lady, Justice Kariuki was captured and was charged with tried murder and causing unfortunate bodily harm. Kariuki was then charged of stabbing Robert Karori following a squabble

Nevertheless, the case against Justice Kariuki was discharged for lack of proof. Justice Kariuki then sued the State for damages arising from hostile prosecution whereby he was awarded by Justice Justice George Odunga kes. 5 million. Justice Kariuki and Martha have not been seeing eye to eye following their dramatic divorce despite the fact that the two share two children

Martha Karua Children

Martha Karua is a mother of two Wanjiru and Njoka.

Martha Karua Daughter

Martha has a daughter, Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg who presently serves as the Executive Director of Rise, a collective initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust. Prior to that, she was the Director of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD). Wanjiru is too the Founder and past Executive Director of Akili Dada,

Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg is an Executive-In-Residence at Schmidt Futures, building an initiative concentrated on senior/executive Black women leaders globally. She is likewise an advisor and ambassador to the Rise program and supports the Talent Engine programs at Schmidt Futures to integrate global perspectives and a social inclusion lens into their work.

She worked as the inaugural Executive Director of the Rise program, a joint initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust.

Martha Karua Net Worth

Karuahas an estimated net worth of Sh150 million as of 2022. This includes her assets, money, and income. Her primary source of income is her career as a Politician. Through her various sources of income, she has accumulated good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

Martha Karua Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Martha Karua.

Martha Karua Wiki

• Full Names: Martha Wangari Karua
• Popular As: Former Member of the National Assembly of Kenya
• Gender: Female
• Occupation / Profession: Politician
• Nationality: Kenyan
• Race / Ethnicity: Kikuyu
• Religion: Not Known
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Martha Karua Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 65 Years (2022)
• Zodiac Sign: Virgo
• Date of Birth: 22 September 1957
• Place of Birth: Kirinyaga County, Kenya
• Birthday: 22 September

Martha Karua Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: To be updated
• Height / How Tall?: Average
• Weight: Moderate

Martha Karua Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): Jackson Karua
• Mother: Josephine Wanjiru
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
• Marital Status: Not Known
• Dating / Girlfriend: Single
• Children: Not Available

Martha Karua Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: Sh150 million
• Salary: To be updated
• Source of Income: Politics

Martha Karua Professional Career

After completing high school, which Martha jokes about having attended four different schools, she went on to pursue a law degree at Nairobi University and graduated with honors. 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 with 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.”

It is her dedication to rule of law that has seen Martha advancing women’s rights through her leadership and advocacy in government and past involvement in international organizations such as the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Kenya) and national organizations such as the League of Kenyan Women Voters, of which she was one of the founders and it’s the first chair. Her legislative work has continued to further the causes of women and she has contributed significantly to the development of family law in Kenya.

Membership to Committees

• Date:2008 – January 2013
• Committee: Member of Committee on Powers and Privileges – (National Assembly
• Powers and Privileges Act
• Position Held

• Date:2008 – January 2013
• Committee: Member of the Public Accounts Committe
• Position Held:

• Date: 2008 – January 2013
• Committee: Member of House Business Committee
• Position Held: Not Available

Martha Karua Political Positions

• 2011 – 4th March 2013: Aspirant President for Kenya
• April 2008 – April 2009: Cabinet Minister Of Justice & Constitutional Affairs
• 2008 – 4th March 2013: Member of Parliament for Gichugu constituency.
• December 2005 – April 2008: Cabinet Minister Of Justice & Constitutional Affairs
• January 2003 – December 2005: Cabinet Minister of Water & Irrigation

• 2003 – 2007: Member of Parliament for Gichugu constituency.
• Began 2002: Party leader of NARC – Kenya
• 1998 – 2002: Member of Parliament for Gichugu constituency.
• 1992 – 1997: Member of Parliament for Gichugu constituency.
• 1992- 1997: Legal Affairs Secretary  of Democratic Party of Kenya (DP)

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