That perceived weakness could embolden Ruto to offer ODM a deal that keeps his current deputy Kithure Kindiki – a Kikuyu from central Kenya – in place while effectively folding ODM into the UDA creating a modern version of the Kenya African National Union of post-independence leaders Jomo Kenyatta Daniel arap Moi and Oginga Odinga...
The main challenge facing Ruto is how to accommodate ODM's demands alongside the ambitions of his Deputy President Kithure Kindiki who gained kudos for delivering the vote in Gikuyu constituencies and wards in last November's by-elections and UDA chair Cecily Mbarire the Governor of Embu County who has also been touted as a possible running mate for Ruto in 2027 (AC Vol 66 No 24 Ruto holds the parties together)...
Two county assembly by-elections in the central Embu County will offer further indications of Gachagua's influence and the position of his successor Kithure Kindiki who is expected to deliver central Kenya votes to Ruto...
Mbeere North became a battleground for Mount Kenya politics between Gachagua and his successor as Deputy President Kithure Kindiki...
So too will Kithure Kindiki who replaced the impeached Rigathi Gachagua as Deputy President last October...
Ruto's new Deputy President Kithure Kindiki also from central is a more experienced campaigner than Gachagua...
Kithure Kindiki the interior cabinet secretary during the protests has now been elevated to the deputy presidency following the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua (AC Vol 65 No 22 Ruto's impeachment of his Deputy starts to backfire)...
Within hours President Ruto announced that Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki would be the new Deputy President...
As the most senior Kikuyu minister in Ruto's government Kithure Kindiki is the obvious successor as deputy president – securing a job that many expected him to be given ahead of the 2022 elections...
Despite being an unexpected choice as Ruto's running mate over Kithure Kindiki who is now the interior cabinet secretary Gachagua helped bring the vote in...