Push for Karua to take over Azimio leadership if Raila gets AU job

Speaking at St Monica Kiarugu Anglican Church on Sunday, Kirinyaga Woman representative Jane Maina said Karua is best placed to take over the reigns since she was Odinga's running mate in the 2022 General Election.

"We have supported one of us and support her to take over if the opposition leader gets the post," she said.

She added that Karua is a leader of integrity and her character has gained her global admiration.

"The iron lady was Raila Odinga's running mate under the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition, the second in command in the Azimio is Martha Karua, not Kalonzo Musyoka," she added.

Raila's foreseeable exit has sparked jitters in the Azimio la Umoja coalition as top party principals have expressed interest in succeeding Odinga.

Speculations have seen Odinga being questioned on whether he will front Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka or Karua to be the Azimio flagbearer in the 2027 General Election.

Other persons include former Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho, a member of Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), DAP-K party leader Wycliffe Oparanya.

Karua had once chimed into the succession politics, advising Kalonzo to focus on campaigning for himself and not attempt to soil her political prominence. 

"My unsolicited advise to my brother @skmusyoka is to focus on marketing himself and leave the decision of who is best to the voters," she wrote on X after a Taifa Leo report quoting Kalonzo as saying that she (Karua) is not fit for the leadership position.