[1] Birdi entered politics as a response to the suffering she saw while doing relief work in the aftermath of the Sinai oil fire[4] at Mukuru kwa Njenga in 2011.
She was at the Women In Parliament Global Forum in Brussels, taking part in the African Women's Communication and Development Network (FEMNET) walk for the Bring Back Our Girls campaign following the Nigerian schoolgirls' kidnapping by Boko Haram.
[1] She also attended the inauguration of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and had the opportunity to discuss Kenya–India relations with the BJP.
[5] Birdi sponsored a motion in Parliament, for the government to build dams countrywide for conservation of the environment and ecosystem management in order to reduce environmental degradation.
"[6] In 2015, she and fellow MP Alfred Keter were charged with creating a public disturbance and abusing their power, after an incident at the Gilgil weighbridge, involving a truck belonging to her father's company.