I would have said exactly the same thing if it was one of the male candidates who isn't married. It's about marriage, not about having a husband!

I think ONE of Moi's problems was the fact that he was separated from his wife during his presidency. I am usually careful with my words, so please note that I said ONE of his problems.

An unmarried person is only accountable to him/herself. I never knew about this until the day I got married. Suddenly your perception changes and you see and do things very differently.

Having said all that; I still maintain that nobody is perfect. Some people say that Mather comes across too strongly. For me, that is a desirable trait in a leader. I'd chose a strong personality like Mather any day over a weakling like Raila or Uhuru or Mudavadi!

The question the remains: which of the 8 is least bad?

The least bad!

And then the married couple will say,a couple without child is only accountable to themselves,selfish and irresponsible.
Children will make them responsible and their perception will change.
Then after they reach a certain age they go like 'wait till they have grandchildren,their outlook of life will change'
Excuses will never end.We always think that positions and status will make us responsible?
Nothing could be further from the truth.
43-year-old James Mushikha Mukobero, a mason at Shibuye must have been a very responsible Father when he wiped out his family.

This is my belief.God ordained Marriage.But not all can and will marry.God is no respecter of persons.
A single person in God's eye is no less than his married counterpart when it comes to responsibilities or else God would have disregarded Paul long ago.

Here is what.
An irresponsible single Adult will never make a responsible Husband/Wife.
Character is shaped from a young age.

A single thief graduates into a married thief.They only double the bad.
A single womaniser graduates into a married womaniser.
A mean single Adult becomes double mean when he marries.
And life goes on.

I think @Mukiha's issue is not with unmarried FEMALE not making a better leader but unmarried PERSON (male or female). Unfortunately Martha Karua just happens to be female so the issue has been distorted so to say.

The argument should be whether married people make better leaders than unmarried ones. There I do not agree with @Mukiha as I have met many married men who do not care that their actions would impact negatively on their wives and vice versa. It is all about character which in my view is not influenced substantially by marriage or lack thereof.

you are missing my point: I am not saying that marriage will CHANGE a person from, say a womaniser into a faithful partner. No! My point is that marriage MODERATES a person's character. Many men want to deny this fact; but truth is truth - it eats them from the inside. When the married womaniser is sleeping around, he will always be remembering his wife at home. And that fact will eat him to his grave.

Will it CHANGE him? May be NOT. But it will moderate his womanising escapades; for example, he won't do it in the presence of certain people who hold him in high esteem as a family man.