 Politically, she seems to have inclined toward CORD, the main opposition political outfit led by Raila Odinga , even though she and Raila have been long-standing political foes and for a long time seemed the most unlikely of political allies.Karua later abandoned her political relationship with Raila.In December 2015 Karua admitted to receiving a multi million-pound "donation" to her presidential campaign costs from British American Tobacco.