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Why ‘Iron lady’ rebranded after 16 years in the cold

Karua cast a figure of a person ready to do more listening, negotiation and coalition building

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by LUKE AWICH

News04 March 2025 - 04:59
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Eugene Wamalwa (DAP-K), Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), People’s Liberation Party leader Martha Karua, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Mukhisa Kituyi during the launch of the party at its offices in Nairobi last Thursday /DOUGLAS OKIDDY

After nearly two decades in the political cold, Martha Karua is making a calculated political comeback, shedding off the old shell that had set her against many peers.

After her unsuccessful 2013 presidential debut, Karua, who slipped into a near political oblivion, made another brief return to the national limelight in 2022 as running mate to then Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga.

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