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  2. Martha Karua - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.joinmarthakarua.com. Martha Wangari Karua (/ wænˈɡɑːri kəˈraʊ /; born 22 September 1957) is a Kenyan politician. She is a former long-standing member of parliament for Gichugu Constituency and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She was Minister for Justice until resigning from that position in April 2009.

  3. Kenya Finance Bill protests - Wikipedia

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    Deputy Azimio opposition leader Martha Karua termed the deployment of the Kenya Defence Forces unconstitutional. [93] Hours later the chief Azimio opposition leader Raila Odinga said "The Constitution [94] seems to have been suspended. We cannot allow that. The government has unleashed brute force on our country's children and more seems to be ...

  4. Death of Caroline Mwatha - Wikipedia

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    They were attended by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, politician Martha Karua and Nairobi Women Representative Esther Passaris. A Requiem Mass was refused by the Catholic Church because of its opposition to abortion. The funeral was on 23 February in Asembo Bay, Siaya County near her family's home. She is survived by her two children and a husband.

  5. Martha Washington - Wikipedia

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    Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 O.S. – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, who was the first president of the United States.Although the title was not coined until after her death, she served as the inaugural first lady of the United States, defining the role of the president's wife and setting many precedents that future first ladies observed.

  6. Frances Jones Dandridge - Wikipedia

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    Frances Jones Dandridge (August 6, 1710 – April 9, 1785) was the mother of Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States. She was born in New Kent County, Virginia. Her father Orlando Jones and maternal grandfather Colonel Gideon Macon served on the House of Burgesses in Colonial Virginia. Her parents were prosperous Virginian ...

  7. Thomas Mayhew - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Mayhew. Governor Thomas Mayhew, the Elder (April 1, 1593 – March 25, 1682) established the first European settlement on Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and adjacent islands in 1642. He is one of the editors of the Bay Psalm Book, the first book published in the Thirteen Colonies. [1] His assistant Peter Foulger was the grandfather of ...

  8. Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum - Wikipedia

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    19 January. Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum[1] (died 270) were, according to their largely legendary passio of the 6th century, four saints of the same family (a married couple and their two sons). They came from Persia to Rome, and were martyred in 270 for sympathizing with Christian martyrs and burying their bodies.

  9. Raila Odinga - Wikipedia

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    Raila Odinga was born at the Anglican Church Missionary Society Hospital in Maseno, Kisumu District, Nyanza Province on 7 January 1945 to Mary Juma Odinga and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. His father served as the first Vice President of Kenya under President Jomo Kenyatta. [8] He is a member of the Luo ethnic group. [9]