Irene’s role as a mother perhaps can best be reflected in the eyes of her daughter, Katrina Jorene, who wrote on the Micah Mandate (a Christian-based blog seeking to raise public interest advocacy): 
Pengine dhima ya Irene kama mama inaelezwa vizuri zaidi katika macho ya binti yake, Katrina Jorene, ambaye aliandika katika blogu inayoitwa Micah Mandate (blogu ya Kikristu inayolenga kuamsha utetezi wa umma):