Sonia Birdi

Sunjeev 'Sonia' Kaur Birdi is a nominated member of the Kenyan Parliament. She was the first Kenyan Asian woman to serve in the national legislature.

Early life and education Sonia Birdi was born in Nairobi to a Sikh family of Punjabi heritage, the daughter of Surinder and Kuljiridei Birdi. She attended a convent school, and a college in India for her undergraduate degree. She earned a master's degree in business administration from Sheffield University in the United Kingdom. at Mukuru kwa Njenga in 2011.

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. She has also spoken on road safety measures, urging the Transport Safety Authority to take stricter measures on public transport safety. In 2016 she advocated for clearing Kenya's backlog of immigration applications, saying "Failure to issue applicants with citizenship has violated their rights, equality and freedom from discrimination."

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. The two said that they were confronting corrupt officials at the weighbridge.