Great women who set the wheels of justice in motion

Standing from left: Monica Mbaru, Winnie Kamande, Violet Mavisi, Judy Thongori, Jane Anyango, Joyce Majiwa, Amb Jean Kamau, Njoki Ndung’u, Rosemary Mwenja, and Abida Aroni. Seated from left: Ann Mwululu, Alice Wahome, Martha Koome, Nancy Baraza, and Prof Betty Murungi. They were members of FIDA council in 1998. [Courtesy]

Sometime in 1998, a team of 15 women lawyers smiling for the camera immortalised a moment.

They were members of the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), which chiseled its name by standing for the marginalised by prosecuting their cases even when powerful forces wanted such violations hushed up.