Karua reveals she apologized to Raila over dialogue report
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Martha Karua dismisses reports of fallout with Azimio leader Raila Odinga as she disclosed to apologizing to him
Martha Karua dismisses reports of fallout with Azimio leader Raila Odinga as she disclosed to apologizing to him.
Leader of the NARC Kenya party Martha Karua apologized to Raila Odinga, her boss at Azimio, on Thursday for missing the coalition’s press conference regarding the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report.
While denying reports that she had a fall out with Odinga, Karua told reporters that she was still close with the opposition leader even though she disagreed with the coalition’s position on the NADCO report.
Karua was one of the leaders of Azimio who did not attend Raila’s media briefing in late November, during which he praised the NADCO report but pointed out some of its flaws, such as the fact that it did not reduce the cost of living.
“I gave my apology that morning we spoke but I had also indicated that we were together on all four but we stick to the three deal breakers. We had agreed that the three issues were deal breakers,” Karua noted.
“The stand on NARC Kenya is total rejection, but we remain an integral part of the coalition. We differ with respect.”
While defending her take on the report, Karua termed the NADCO report fraudulent and aimed at benefitting select leaders rather than the common mwananchi.
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Karua, who called for a total rejection of the declaration, said it failed to address the hiking prices of essential commodities like fuel and food items.
She also faulted the report for failing to address the ever-surging taxation and the high rate of unemployment.
“Unemployment has also been a challenge that has not been addressed, especially following the recent report by FKE (Federation of Kenya Employees) where over 70, 000 people have lost their jobs,” Karua denoted.
“For any talks to succeed, those holding tools of power must be willing and act in good faith. Our reading is that the Ruto regime lacks the sincerity required to make the talks succeed and deliberately sabotage the people’s demands while presenting their won parliamentary agenda as demands.”
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