In 1949, Lilian Wakiiya Mwaura's father went into the bush to fight for independence. He never came back. She was two years old and had six siblings.
Her mother, a peasant farmer, through grit and prayer, sent all of them to school, including the girls, an uncommon thing during those days. Lilian went on to study law in university and later opened a law firm— K Mwaura and Co Advocates— with her brother in 1975.
