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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,...