Curriculum Vitae 

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Date / Place of birth September 22, 1957  / Kirinyaga County, Kenya

Nationality  Kenyan

Ethnicity  Kenyan

Religion Christian

Political Party NARC-Kenya

01 EDUCATION

Kabare Girls Boarding school

Kiburia girl’s secondary school

Karoti girls school

1977 - 1980

The University of Nairobi, law degree Nairobi, Kenya

02 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1992 - present

Former Member of the Kenyan Parliament

2003 - 2005

Minister of Water Resources Management and Development Kenya

2005 - 2009

Minister of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs Kenya

03 AWARDS

In 1991 Karua was recognized by Human Rights Watch as a human rights monitor. In December 1995 she was awarded by the Federation of Kenya Women Lawyers (FIDA) for advancing the cause of women. In 1999 the Kenya Section of the International Commission of Jurists awarded her the 1999 Kenya Jurist of the Year and in the same year same month, the law society of Kenya (LSK) awarded her the Legal Practitioners Due Diligence Award