Martha Karua

thumb|Karua (2012) Martha Karua (/wænˈɡɑːri kəˈraʊ/; born 22 September 1957) is a Kenyan politician and an advocate of social justice. 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 for Justice until resigning from that position in April 2009. She has consistently fought for the protection of women's rights and improvements to the democratic process. Quotes I remain Who I am so for me is whatever opportunity I have to serve to use it to the best of my ability and whatever little opportunity I have whether in elected service or indifferent space to use it to improve that position that is entrusted to me yeah so the label doesn't matter. Interview on Spice FM. Optional clarifications, notes on context, etc. We don't need to amend the Constitution to prescribe the relationship between a President and a Deputy President, people need to change their behavior. On the 2022 Kenyan Presidential Debate. We pray that we may compete with ideas, not insults, that we lessen the tension in the nation by the way we treat one another, none of us is perfect. At the National Prayer Breakfast in 2023 In any talks, the part that makes the talks succeed is the party in power. On the Kenya Kwanza - Azimio dialogue report(Citizen Digital, Dec 08,2023) I ran in 2013 and lost, but I still have unfinished business with the presidency, so God-willing one day I will serve in that capacity. On Her dream to lead the Coutry November 15, 2011 If you have no respect for your colleagues, you will also not respect the citizens. If you want the presidency, respect the sitting president … And it does not mean you should not fault him or her, but do it in a manner that is orderly and has a basis. On Leadership and Respect November 15, 2011 I will unite with anybody I need to unite with in order to liberate this country. On working with political rivals May 19, 2025 I do not need help to mobilize. I have been in this game for 30 years when my colleague was a D.O We remember that our constitution acknowledges the supremacy of God we remember our national values and principals and how we pray that moving forward and especially after this prayers that our actions match our words. It is said prayers without action is not real so how I pray that our prayers are matched by our action if we do that we definitely will have peaceful elections, a peaceful transition and a nation that stands together. Let’s give each other equality of opportunity probably there is a woman who will make this country move to the next level. Our wellbeing as a country is in our hands, let us really think how we utilize our power to vote that is the key to better living. Let us elect people of integrity, let us not follow money. Don’t vote with your stomach, vote with your mind. And for the women and people of Kenya, when it comes to election, elect independent women, women who think for themselves, who do not wait to be told what to do, women who will carry national issues on behalf of Kenyans and women's issues. Jul 23, 2025 Kenya is greater than my ambition that should after all that Kenyans decide its somebody else I definitely give way to let Kenya thrive. May 30, 2025 I realised I would be able to champion women’s ideas and democratic ideals only if I was not working for the government. I quit because I did not want to be part of a government that does not listen to the cries of the governed. The right to life and dignity. That an officer, who your sweat is paying, can shoot you to death or maim you. I want to fear breaking the law. I want to fear violating the rights of others. We resisted being forced to nominate women whom the male politicians would have favoured. We selected women, not from men’s ‘pockets’, but women whom we had faith in. We did that together as women from all the political divide. External links Profile: Martha Karua from NARC Category:Women politicians in Kenya Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Women born in the 1950s Category:Government ministers of Kenya Category:University of Nairobi alumni