[2] At the 2007 elections she contested the seat on the ODM-Kenya ticket, but lost to Charles Mutisya Nyamai.
[6] She caused a national disfavour in 1995 when she travelled to women’s conference in Beijing in 1995 and took a hairdresser as a part of her delegation.
Mwendwa herself defended the decision by stating that being a delegation leader, she must take care of her appearance.
[7] Her husband Kitili Maluki Mwendwa was Kenyan chief justice and politician.
He was at the time the Kitui West MP, his seat was taken at the subsequent by-election by his brother Kyale Mwendwa.