Martha Karua Odinga's running mate in August 2022 described Ruto's offer as a ‘trap' adding that ‘dialogue can only be meaningful if the players have good faith'...

That remark was interpreted as ruling out Odinga's running mate in 2022 Martha Karua whose National Alliance Rainbow Coalition of Kenya (NARC-Kenya) party does not have any elected MPs...

That leaves Musyoka and Martha Karua Odinga's running mate last August as the likely main opposition contenders to compete against Ruto in 2027...

Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Odinga's presidential running mate Martha Karua opposition county governors and politicians in Nyanza Kisii and the Coast report heavy pressure to bolster relations with State House if they want to secure cash for development projects...

Neither did it seem Odinga even with his running mate Martha Karua was able to win over the region in sufficient numbers...

Odinga had hoped to take a sizable chunk of votes in Kikuyu-dominated central Kenya being backed by Kenyatta the Mount Kenya business and political elites and his running mate Martha Karua who performed strongly on the campaign trail...

Odinga backed by incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and with key allies Kalonzo Musyoka and deputy presidential nominee Martha Karua's Azimio La Umoja alliance has the opinion poll lead and the establishment voice to support it...

The voting preferences of women will be more significant but perhaps counter-intuitively the choice of Karua as the first female Deputy Presidential candidate by Azimio in May has not resulted in a nationwide switch by woman voters to Raila/Karua as the majority remain pro-Ruto by a significant margin according to the local TIFA opinion polls (Dispatches 16/5/22 Martha Karua and Rigathi Gachagua make the cut as running mates)...

Much of the momentum behind the Odinga campaign has been coming from the aggressive performance of his running mate Martha Karua who has won over some of Ruto's support base in central Kenya...

The fierce arguments between Karua and Ruto's running mate Rigathi Gachagua saw both candidates try to establish their potential for leadership (AC Dispatches 15/5/22 Martha Karua and Rigathi Gachagua make the cut as running mates)...

They might also have looked at Kenya where Raila Odinga's astute choice of Martha Karua has given him a clear lead in the opinion polls over his rival Deputy President William Ruto...