All is set for the swearing-in ceremony of Deputy President Designate Kithure Kindiki scheduled for today at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC).<\/p>\n
The ceremony is set to start at 10:00AM with senior government officials as well as Chairpersons and Heads of State Corporations are expected to attend the event<\/p>\n
Kindiki becomes Kenya\u2019s third Deputy President under the 2010 Constitution, following the recent impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua.<\/p>\n
Prof. Kithure Kindiki was born and raised in Tharaka Nithi County, Mt Kenya East region.<\/p>\n
He attended Lenana School for his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education and later attained a law degree in 1998 from Moi University.<\/p>\n
His passion for law took him abroad, where he earned a Master of Laws in International Human Rights Law and Democracy from the University of Pretoria in South Africa in 2000.<\/p>\n
He then returned to Kenya to complete his Advocates Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies at the Kenya School of Law in 2001. Kindiki went on to complete a PhD in International Law at the University of Pretoria in 2002.<\/p>\n
Kindiki\u2019s career began in academia in 1999 as a law lecturer at Moi University. He joined the University of Nairobi in 2004 before returning to Moi University in 2005 as the head of the Department of Public Law.<\/p>\n
In 2013, he decided to shift to politics, winning the senatorial seat for Tharaka Nithi under the 2010 Constitution.<\/p>\n
He became Kenya\u2019s first Senate Majority Leader through the TNA Party and later secured re-election in 2017 under the Jubilee Party, when he was elected Deputy Speaker of the Senate.<\/p>\n
However, his tenure was cut short after a fallout within Jubilee, which saw him ousted from the deputy speaker position.<\/p>\n
Kindiki later aligned himself with then-Deputy President William Ruto, joining the United Democratic Alliance to support Ruto\u2019s successful 2022 presidential bid.<\/p>\n
Kindiki was later appointed Interior Cabinet Secretary after President William Ruto took power in 2022.<\/p>\n
His tenure was marked by major efforts to quell banditry and cattle rustling in the North Rift and leading the high-profile Shakahola cult investigation.<\/p>\n
On 18th October, 2024 President Ruto nominated Kindiki as his Deputy President after the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua.<\/p>\n
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