UhuRuto charm fails to work on Martha Karua as she refuses to join Jubilee

President Uhuru Kenyatta is received by Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua at Kerugoya Stadium in Kirinyaga County yesterday. [PHOTOS: KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD]

Dramatic moments were witnessed yesterday when the country’s topmost politicians -- President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto -- met with two aspiring Kirinyaga governors, who are also the most recognisable women in the country.

Martha Karua, an experienced politician who fell out with President Mwai Kibaki in 2009 after Uhuru was named deputy prime minister, caused a stir when she flatly refused to join Jubilee as had been asked by the President and his deputy during a stop in Kirinyaga County. Later at another stop yesterday, another colourful woman leader and debutant in politics, former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru, had her awkward moment when DP Ruto, who has in the past berated her in public over the National Youth Service (NYS) scandal, introduced her to the crowd.