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Uhuru and Martha Karua 'Kiss and make up; as bruising battles with Waiguru takes shape

President Uhuru Kenyatta received by Martha Karua of Narck-Kenya, on arrival at Kerugoya Stadium in Kirinyaga County

Yes, what will Jubilee do if Karua and Waiguru forge a joint-ticket for Kiriyaga’s gubernatorial seat, as candidate and running mate?

Deputy President William Ruto has no love lost for Anne Waiguru. He loathes Waiguru’s “catwalk” and “lots of English”, but the DP turned the knife on the former Cabinet Secretary when he went to Kirinyaga County and called Martha Karua “a good woman”, who once she joins Jubilee Party, should be elected as governor. Karua is Waiguru’s rival for the gubernatorial seat, and she has already said she has no problem with her constituents in Kirinyaga electing the Jubilee Party for the presidency, as long as they pick her for county governor.

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