Chief Justice of Kenya Martha Koome during the presidential petition at the supreme court, Nairobi on September 2, 2022 [David Gichuru, Standard]
For long, there were no women in Kenya's judicial space. When I was admitted to the Bar in 1987, the number of women in legal practice and Judiciary was negligible. The first woman High Court judge, Lady Justice Effie Owuor was only appointed in 1982.