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Martha Karua: The iron lady who never dangles the I-am-a-woman card

All eyes are currently on former Gichugu MP and onetime Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Martha Karua. The feisty lawyer, politician, grandma and avid golfer is Raila Odinga's running mate and potentially Kenya’s first female Vice-President. Odinga is Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party flag bearer in the August 9, elections.

A member of the 'Young Turks' who took battle to Kanu in the fight for multi-party democracy in the years leading to the 1992 General Election and after, Karua is widely viewed as brave, principled and difficult to sway.

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