[3] In 1982, Owuor was appointed by President Daniel arap Moi to the High Court of Kenya, the first woman to sit on the bench.

[3][4] In 1983, she was appointed alongside Cecil Miller and Chunilal Madan to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate corruption allegations against former Attorney General Charles Njonjo.

[1] After the NARC government came to power, Owuor was named in Aaron Ringera's report seeking to investigate the judiciary and opted to retire rather than fight malpractice charges.

[1] Under the Mwai Kibaki government, she was nominated to the International Criminal Court in 2006 but her appointment was challenged due to her mention in the Ringera report.

As the chairperson of a government task force that is reviewing the legal regime and how it affects women, it is humiliating to be harassed by men when I am still mourning my husband.