Intricacies of Kindiki taking over as new Deputy President

Deputy President displayed the oath of office after he was sworn-in on Nov 1, 2024. [PCS]

Kenya has a new deputy president. Abraham Kithure Kindiki, the former CS of Interior, was sworn in as Rigathi Gachagua’s replacement.

Winston Churchill reportedly said that democracy is the worst form of government, save all the other forms that have been tried before. Given the machinations that drove Gachagua’s impeachment, I would offer the now-concluded process as Exhibit A of Churchill’s mantra.

It was contrived and contentious, but it played out to the end–peacefully–for now.