Martha Karua: What I bring to the table is resolve, determination

Martha Karua acknowledges greeting in one of her stopovers in Kiambu during Azimio tour of Kiambu. [George Njunge, Standard]

Immediately after being named as Raila Odinga’s running mate, Martha Karua embarked on whistle-stop campaigns in Mt Kenya backyard, a move that has forced UDA’s William Ruto into overdrive mode, and even though she refuses to take credit for gains Azimio has witnessed in recent weeks, Karua told The Sunday Standard in an interview she will continue with vigorous campaigns to convince the people they are the safest pair of hands, writes BRIAN OTIENO

On her first assignment as Raila Odinga’s running mate, Martha Karua returned home to Kirinyaga County, a tour that was more of a campaign for Raila’s fifth presidential bid than it was a celebration of her nomination to deputise the former prime minister