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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. 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.

  4. Kenya Finance Bill protests - Wikipedia

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    Deputy Azimio opposition leader Martha Karua termed the deployment of the Kenya Defence Forces unconstitutional. [94] Hours later the chief Azimio opposition leader Raila Odinga said "The Constitution [95] 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. John Dandridge - Wikipedia

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    John Dandridge. Col. John Dandridge of Chestnut Grove (14 July 1700 – 31 August 1756) was a colonel, planter, politician, and Clerk of New Kent County, Virginia from 1730 to 1756. [1] He may be best known as the father of Bartholomew Dandridge and the first First Lady of the United States Martha Dandridge Washington. [2][3] His grandson John ...

  7. 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.

  8. 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]

  9. Martha Nelumbu - Wikipedia

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    Martha Mwadinomho yaKristian Nelumbu (born 7 August 1930) is the Ohamba (Queen) of the Oukwanyama, [1] a dynasty of the Ovambo people in northern Namibia. Queen Mwadinomho was born into the Oukwanyama royal family at Oifidi village in Angola on 7 August 1931. She is of the totem of the cattle. [2] She was crowned in November 2005, succeeding ...