Martha Karua
🇰🇪Kenya
Rank #160
Score: 58
About Martha Karua
Martha Karua (b.1957) is a senior opposition politician and human-rights lawyer who has served as Minister of Justice and held important parliamentary roles. She is noted for rule-of-law advocacy, anti-corruption positions and vocal defence of civil liberties; she is a prominent female voice in Kenyan public life.
HDI
Kenya HDI ~0.575–0.588 (UNDP country data)5/10
GDP per capita
Kenya GDP per capita context ~ $2,200 (World Bank)5/10
Gini coefficient
Gini ~38–39 (survey-based estimates)4/10
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio ~36–40% (ILO modeled estimates)3/5
Freedom index
Freedom House — Kenya country notes on civic & legal rights (recent years)5/10
Corruption index
Perceptions and CPI context (Transparency Int'l country page)3/5
Derived Criminal Score
No public criminal convictions recorded (some arrests/charges historically in political disputes but no final convictions)19/20