Kithure Kindiki, 52, may have to wait longer to assume office as the country’s new Deputy President following the successful impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua.
The High Court in Kenya on Friday issued orders blocking Kithure Kindiki appointment until it hears a case next week challenging the impeachment of Gachagua.
Prof. Kindiki is a lawyer and has previously served as interior minister in Ruto’s government for more than two years.
Kindiki makes history as the first politician from Mount Kenya East to ascend to the second-highest office in the government.
Kindiki is a key ally of the President having been his Chief Presidential Agent in 2022. He served as Senate Majority Leader between 2013 and 2017, before being elected Deputy Speaker after the 2017 General Election.
However, in 2020, he was ousted from his position in the Senate after siding with Ruto during the Jubilee Party’s internal power struggles.
Upon Ruto’s victory in the 2022 general election, Kindiki was appointed Interior Cabinet Secretary.
