Editor's Review

She termed the appointment of Karua as a bait to lure women to Raila Odinga's camp, something she said won't happen.

Kandara MP Alice Wahome has chided the appointment of Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua as the running mate of ODM leader Raila Odinga.

Speaking in Nyeri county during the burial of Rigathi Gachagua's brother, Wahome said the region has already decided it is Ruto they will support for the presidency.

She termed the appointment of Karua as a bait to lure women to Raila Odinga's camp, something she said won't happen.

{ODM leader Raila Odinga and Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua. IMAGE: COURTESY}

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"We the women of Kenya want full participation in government. We won't accept the to be baited by a single position. We want 50 percent which Ruto has promised us. 

"We have seen the running mate of Azimio and we want to say even if we give Raila our running mate Gachagua, the Mt Kenya region will not suppose him," Wahome stated. 

Gachagua was appointed Deputy President William Ruto's running mate on Sunday.

Karua was on Monday unveiled as Azimio's running mate on Monday by Azimio coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga.

The appointment has been seen as tactical in wooing the Mt Kenya region to back both sides.

Deputy President William Ruto and a host of Mt Kenya leaders were present during the burial.