Martha Karua, the running mate to Kenya's opposition leader and presidential candidate Raila Odinga of the Azimio la Umoja' (Declaration of Unity), attends an interview with Reuters in Nairobi, Kenya, June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The alliance led by Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga will come down hard on corruption if it wins in August, his running mate Martha Karua said, but dismissed her nickname "Iron Lady" as a sexist trope directed at tough women leaders.
"Strong leadership in women is seen as an exception and not the norm because I haven't heard of an 'iron man'," the 64-year-old former justice minister told Reuters in an interview.
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