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Karua accuses State weaponising poverty to win political loyalty

Martha Karua at a burial in Kakamega County. [Mary Imenza, Standard]

Martha Karua now says the Opposition will retreat, analyse the events surrounding the by-election, and decide on the next course of action, accusing the government of weaponising poverty to buy political loyalty.

Karua, who spoke in Matende village, South Kabras, during the burial of her close friend Emmy Nawanjala Siganga, said this week’s poll exposed worrying levels of voter manipulation and economic desperation in the constituency.

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