Do You Hate Men? Junet s Unusual Question to Koome
Suna East MP Junet Mohamed (left) and lady justice Martha Koome.
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JLAC member and Suna East MP Junet Mohamed had a rather unusual question for Koome over her past relations with the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) and whether she harboured animosity towards the male gender. There s talk that you are a feminist and you hate men. Please clarify that Junet posed.
Suna East MP Junet Mohammed speaking during a press conference
Facebook I have decided many cases where I have declared rights for men. One case is where a father wanted to throw out his sons from his farm because he believed that they are grown men and ought to fend for themselves. I dismissed the case.
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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.
Fida sent chills down the spines of many deadbeat fathers and those accused of battering their wives and children.
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