NADCO was meant to hoodwink protesters – Karua

Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua now claims that the National Dialogue Committee was all along meant to trick Kenyans who took to the streets to protest over the high cost of living.

In posts seen by the Star, Karua said that the bipartisan talks team was also meant to create jobs for individuals she referred to as "big boys".

She added that it was also designed to push forward the Kenya Kwanza legislative agenda for the country.

"NADCO was all along meant as a pacifier for the restless masses, jobs for the big boys and pushing ahead the KK's legislative agenda," Karua said on X.

She went on to say that Kenyans should going forward deeply reflect on the kind of future they want.

Karua said they should also think about how they can achieve it.

"The urgent question which all people of goodwill must reflect on moving forward is what future do we want for ourselves and how can we make it happen."

This is not the first time Karua has expressed her displeasure with the report.

In December 2023, she termed the NADCO report, a waste of time and taxpayers' money and thus should be rejected.

In her argument, Karua said the report failed to address the issue of the cost of living that necessitated the dialogue after weeks of street demonstrations.

“The NADCO report fails to address the issue of cost of living and has instead served Kenyans with a contempt card,” she said.

“The NADCO report has nothing to alleviate the suffering of citizens but offers goodies to the leaders. It is a fraud which Kenyans should frown upon and reject; it is a distracting national smokescreen. The report's findings confirm that the committees were formed by the unwilling, composed of the incompetent to do the unnecessary.”

Karua is one of the two Azimio co-principals who are opposed to the NADCO report. The other is DAP-Kenya party leader Eugene Wamalwa.

Wamalwa also insists that it did not address the cost of living, which was the issue raised by most Kenyans.