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Karua: How I took on a Kanu behemoth, navigated gender wars and won

 Martha Karua on the day of the launch her book “Against the Tide.” [Courtesy]

If Geoffrey Kariithi, former head of civil service in Kenyatta and Moi governments was a big tree, Martha Karua was the small axe that fell him.

A towering figure not just in Kirinyaga but also nationally, Kariithi had upon retiring from the civil service joined politics, was elected MP Gichugu in 1988 and appointed assistant minister for tourism.

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