Acutely sensitive to the international spectacle created earlier in the year by Kenyan opposition figure Martha Karua joining Besigye's defence team Suluhu Hassan swiftly turned back Karua two retired Chief Justices and a group of activists at the airport on their way to observe the Lissu trial (AC Vol 66 No 9 Karua takes on the autocrats)...

Among those detained were Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi Ugandan lawyer Agather Atuhaire and senior Kenyan political figures including Martha Karua and former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga...

Veteran Kenyan politician Martha Karua is spearheading a campaign against the suppression of opposition parties in East Africa...

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua Matiang'i and People's Liberation Party leader Martha Karua have all pledged to unite behind whoever stands the best chance of defeating him (AC Vol 66 No 5 The anti-Ruto alliance)...

Yet the launch of the People's Liberation Party (PLP) the new party led by Martha Karua – Raila Odinga's running mate in the 2022 presidential elections – brought together the great and the good of Kenya's opposition (Dispatches 16/5/22 Martha Karua and Rigathi Gachagua make the cut as running mates )...

With ODM in government and Martha Karua's National Rainbow Coalition-Kenya having quit the bloc Azimio exists in name only led by Wiper Democratic Movement party leader Kalonzo Musyoka...

He has given several speeches many in church and at his Nyeri home and held rallies with the likes of Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka and the National Rainbow Coalition-Kenya's Martha Karua both former running mates of Raila Odinga...

Besigye now faces a series of charges including inciting protests and treachery (Dispatches 17/12/24 Keeping Martha Karua out of court)...