Wife of James Orengo, Betty Murungi, Lands Powerful UN Position

The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Vojislav Šuc has today appointed Kenya’s Human Rights Lawyer, Kaari Betty Murungi as a board member of the Commission of Inquiry on 2018 Protests in Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Betty Murungi has served in the local, regional and international arenas of law and human rights.

She serves on the board of the Kenya Human Rights Commission, the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice at the International Criminal Court and has previously served as a board member of The Federation of Women Lawyers-Kenya.

She is also married to Siaya Senator, James Orengo.

The Commission of Inquiry on 2018 Protests in Occupied Palestinian Territory has been set up to investigate all alleged violations and abuses of international humanitarian law and international human rights law by the military against the civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Betty Murungi was also a consultant and legal adviser to Rights & Democracy on gender-related crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), since 1998, making her experience and qualifications unrivaled in Kenya.

The Commission is scheduled to present an oral update to the Human Rights Council at its 39th session in September 2018, and a final, written report at its 40th session to be held in March 2019.

-kahawatungu.com

Wife of James Orengo, Betty Murungi, Lands Powerful UN Position