The policy of arresting or demoting politicians allied to Ruto – such as sacked former agriculture minister Mwangi Kiunjuri Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungwa who was sacked from the parliamentary budget committee chairmanship and Kithure Kindiki who was removed as senate deputy speaker – has stoked anger against the government and sympathy for Ruto among some in the region (AC Vol 61 No 12 Uhuru takes it out on his party)...
Ten days later it was Deputy Senate Speaker Kithure Kindiki's turn at the guillotine...
In the fractious spirit of the times while Deputy Senate Speaker Kithure Kindiki who is allied to the Ruto faction ruled that the matter be urgently resolved Kenneth Lusaka the Speaker overruled him a few days later and suspended debate on the crisis...
Last week Senate majority leader Kithure Kindiki a member of Uhuru and Ruto's Jubilee coalition sought to go further suggesting amendments to deny governors control of county funds...
In April Senator Kithure Kindiki a lawyer previously linked to the reformist camp and now a fast-rising Jubilee legislator introduced the National Emergency Security Bill...
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Many lawyers said they would have advised clients in a similar situation to lie low and keep quiet disagreeing with Ruto’s two legal advisors Katwa Kigen and Professor Kithure Kindiki who – along with the member of parliament for Belgut Charles Keter – accompanied him to the Hague...