President Uhuru Kenyatta has recently been going back and forth on regardless of whether to lobby for Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga ahead of the August polls.
Since Raila picked Martha Karua as his running mate, Uhuru has assumed a lower priority from Azimio campaigns.
As per sources, Uhuru, who didn’t mull over supporting Martha Karua as Raila’s running mate, has full trust in the NARC Kenya Leader in pivoting the mountain for the Azimio candidate.
He believes that Martha is capable of swinging the Mount Kenya vote for Raila Odinga and that is the reason he has passed on everything to her to do the magic.
Beforehand, Uhuru believed that Raila should pick a running mate from his party, Jubilee. In any case, Jubilee didn’t have a strong contender who would counter Deputy President William Ruto’s influence in Mt Kenya region and that’s why he endorsed the nomination of Martha Karua as Baba’s No. 2 because he is sure the Iron Lady will deflate the DP in the mountain.
After Raila named her as his running mate, Karua set it all up, with latest opinion polls showing that her popularity was on a sharp rise, sending a chilling message to the Kenya Kwanza alliance.
With that effect, Uhuru took a more behind the scene role of supporting and organizing the Azimio campaigns.
This has additionally helped him with keeping away from any slanderous attacks that could dent Raila Odinga’s State House bid.
