Alongside high-minded talk of institutional reform  formerly bitter rivals such as Odinga and Justice Minister Martha Karua are forging alliances in preparation for 2012...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 49 No 25 | 
            - KENYA
- ANALYSIS
	     Surprisingly  the ODM’s toughest election opponent  Justice Minister Martha Karua  went to the Kibera rally to congratulate Odinga for his successes and to call for Kenyan unity...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	         Now a sizeable constituency from NARC-Kenya  led by Justice Minister Martha Karua  has all but broken away from the PNU...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      The Justice and Constitution Minister  Martha Karua  a long-time Kibaki loyalist who made her first run for parliament in his Democratic Party in 1992  recently announced her intention to contest the 2012 presidential election...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     This news emerges just as Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Justice Minister Martha Karua condemned their own coalition government for its lack of seriousness in the war against corruption...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 49 No 11 | 
            - KENYA
- ANALYSIS
	     Martha Karua  who is Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs as well as the ODM's Secretary General  disagreed about seniority with Peter Anyong Nyong'o  Minister of Medical Services  during their recent tour of displaced persons' camps in the Rift Valley...
   Federalism and devolution Martha Karua  Minister for Constitutional Affairs and Justice  has promised a new constitution within the year...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Martha Karua  Kibaki's acerbic lead negotiator  rejected demands for any safeguards or executive role for Odinga...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Kibaki's closest advisors - the Muthaiga Golf Club crowd  such as James Njenga Karume and George Muhoho  and Ministers  such as John Michuki and Martha Karua - were advising him to stand firm...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Justice Minister Martha Karua  who leads Kibaki's negotiating team  sent a characteristically abrasive letter to Annan  accusing him of misrepresenting what had been said at the talks and saying that her team was 'alarmed' at the idea of a coalition government 'which position has not been discussed or agreed upon'...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Kabando wa Kabando (aka Godfrey Kariuki Mwangi) says that his fellow pro-Kibaki MP  George Thuo  has admitted receiving a letter from the US Embassy warning of a visa ban  as has the owner of a nightclub which has hosted fundraisers  attended by luminaries such as Justice Minister Martha Karua and Local Government Minister Kenyatta...