Kenyan Lawyer Betty Murungi has landed a new job with the United Nations.
Murungi who is the wife of Siaya Senator James Orengo has been appointed as a member of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Her appointment was announced by ambassador Vojislav Šuc, President of the Human Rights Council.
She will serve alongside two other members namely; David Michael Crane (United States) and Sara Hossain (Bangladesh).
The lawyer has been practising law at national, regional and international levels.
She also serves on the board of the Kenya Human Rights Commission and the Women's Initiative for Gender Justice at the International Criminal Court.
Previously, Murungi was a legal advisor on gender-related crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
She once served as Vice-Chairperson and Commissioner to the Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission of Kenya and as the African representative on the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court.