Kabando Wa Kabando Laughs At Martha Karua For Refusing To Recognise Ruto's Presidency

• Former Mukurweini lawmaker Kabando wa Kabando dismissed Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua for refusing to recognise President William Ruto
• According to Kabando, the failure by Karua to recognise the legitimacy of Ruto's presidency was inconsequential
• However, Kabando said Karua was right to oppose the recommendations of the National Dialogue Committee

Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Former Mukurweini MP Kabando wa Kabando has downplayed Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua's stand over William Ruto's presidency.

Taking to X on Saturday, December 30, Kabando said Karua's failure to recognise Ruto as the president was inconsequential.

Why Karua is wrong about Ruto's presidency

However, Kabando said Karua was right to defy the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party over the recommendations of the National Dialogue Committee.

According to Kabando, the bipartisan report was only clearing the way to an arrangement similar to the BBI arrangement.

"While it's inconsequential to imagine that Ruto is not the president, Martha Karua is honest & sincere—as is Eugene Wamalwa—in declaring the so-called NADCO report a fraud on Kenyans and a deception on Azimio followers. It's a BBI2 handshake en route 'cooperation' with Ruto," Kabando said.

Karua: Why is Ruto not my president?

Sentiments by Kabando come a few days after the Narc Kenya leader insisted that Ruto was in office illegitimately.

According to her, the process through which Ruto ascended to power was flawed and thus dented the legitimacy of his tenure.

According to her, the Supreme Court was mistaken to rule in favour of Ruto in the presidential election petition, yet the majority of the commissioners in the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had disowned the results declared by then-chair Wafula Chebukati.

"At least I have the freedom to say he is not my president," said Karua during an interview on Citizen TV.

She suggested that the Martha Koome-led bench at the country's apex court okayed illegality by throwing out the issues raised by the dissenting commissioners in the elections management body.

Karua argued that the court ought to have ordered a relook into the servers or retallying, considering the grave matters pointed out by the IEBC dissenters.