Narc Kenya Party Leader Martha Karua has made it clear that she will not be working with President William Ruto.

Speaking during a live interview with a local TV Station on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, Karua who was responding to an X user who had asked if she would have agreed to Ruto’s proposal had she been offered a slot stressed that it would be impossible for her to work with the president.

“She had agreed to deputise Raila Odinga. Politics is all about personal interests. Ask Karua had she been proposed at the table for a slot, would she have turned it down?” the user identified as Gathoronjo1 asked.

She explained that Ruto is the minister for everything and as such he wouldn’t let anyone do his/her job.

Karua additionally pointed out that she was okay with working with Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga since he is easy to work with and positively handles indifferences.

“Of course, I wouldn’t work for William Ruto, whatever changes and quality of people he gets, he is the minister for everything, he will not let anybody work, I have experience of working with these people in parliament, I know at least working with Raila, he is easy to work with; you can differ but you can easily sit across the table and discuss it, there is no way I would accept to work for William Ruto and they didn’t ask me, let me not put it as if they asked, I also know my position,” she added.

Raila men land jobs

Karua’s remarks come after a section of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party were nominated to serve in Ruto’s broad-based cabinet.

They include; ODM chairman John Mbadi who was nominated to the Ministry of National Treasury and Economic Planning.

The National Assembly Minority Leader and the ODM Secretary of Political Affairs James Opiyo Wandayi was nominated to the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum.

ODM Deputy Party Leader and former Mombasa County Governor Hassan Joho was nominated to the Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs.

Former Kakamega County Governor and ODM Deputy Party Leader Wycliffe Oparanya was nominated to the Ministry of Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development.