Murang’s Senator Irungu Kang’ata has claimed the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition party presidential running mate Martha Karua will not sustain the pressure that comes with working under the Raila Odinga administration.
Taking on Twitter on Friday, May 20, Kang’ata alleged that Karua will be forced to resign during the first week after swearing-in.
According to the Murang’a senator, there is no way the Narc-Kenya leader would survive long in a Raila-led government if he resigned from the late Mwai Kibaki’s government whom he described as soft and cool.
“If Martha Karua resigned from Kibaki’s government, a soft and cool guy, how will she deal with Raila’s combustible character? She will resign in one week of their swearing-in.” Kang’ata said on Twitter.
On Monday, April 6, 2009, Karua popularly known as the Iron lady became the first Kenyan minister to resign from the Grand Coalition Government, which brought together President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Karua resigned as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs citing frustrations in discharging her duties.
“If my hands are tied and the Judiciary continues to be used as a place where people sacked from parastatals are recycled, the agenda is forestalled and all reforms are annihilated, then I better leave and for the rights of ordinary mwananchi,” Karua said in her resignation.
Her resignation came after the late former President Mwai Kibaki appointed Judges without her knowledge yet she was the minister in charge of the judiciary.
On Monday, May 16, the 2022 presidential front runner Raila Odinga named Karua as his running mate ahead of the August General Election.
“My history and that of Raila are similar. He is a patriot that has fought for human rights all his life. I am in Azimio because I know Raila has the interest of the people at heart… even when he is wronged he makes decisions based on the people’s interest,” Karua said after her nomination.
