Home Tags Posts tagged with "Kithure Kindiki"
Tag:

Kithure Kindiki

Politics

Kithure Kindiki: This is my Number 1 Assignment as Soon as I Take Office

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Interior Cabinet Secretary nominee Kithure Kindiki has revealed his number one assignment as soon as he assumes office.

Appearing before the National Assembly Appointment Committee Tuesday, Kindiki said his first assignment will be setting the country free from criminals, bandits, terrorists and cattle rustlers.

Kindiki said this will not be done through press conferences since security does not require speaking.

During the vetting, Kindiki, failed to provide his National Identification Card blaming this on a “communication barrier by the committee.”

He did, however, say that he had sent somebody for the document and that it would be delivered to the committee before the vetting was over. 

While presenting his resume and extensive career in the legal profession, Kindiki noted that he was the right fit for the Interior Cabinet slot and addressed key issues facing the public and security sectors. 

“I have practised law for 22 years and I am listed in the list of counsel licenced to practise law at the International Criminal Court,” he said.

Kindiki has served as Senator for Tharaka-Nithi,  from 2013 to 2022. He clinched the seat on his first attempt at elective politics.

He was then elected the first leader of the Majority in the Senate, a position he held until he became the Deputy Speaker after the 2017 general elections.

0 comment
0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTumblrWhatsappTelegramEmail
Politics

Kithure Kindiki Discloses His Net Worth, Reveals How He Amassed Ksh544 Million Wealth

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

President William Ruto’s Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary nominee Kithure Kindiki has revealed his net worth.

Prof Kindiki who appeared before the National Assembly Committee on Appointments for vetting in Parliament Tuesday morning said he is worth Kshs. 544 million.

According to Kindiki, his wealth derived from various sources of income.

He noted that he is an advocate at the High Court where I practise Law and also a business person running a number of businesses, SMEs and also a consultant for local and international organisations.

His investments in shares and real estate were among his major financial dealings.

He noted that it is made up of land and buildings of around Ksh165 million, bank deposits of about Ksh50 million, investment in shares, and deposits in five different saccos.

Kindiki was elected in 2013 General Election to represent Tharaka-Nithi county in the Kenyan Senate. Kindiki was re-elected in 2017 to represent the same county.

He also Served as Majority leader in his first term.

He served as the Deputy Speaker of the Kenya Senate from August 2017 to May 2020 when he was de-whipped from the position by the Jubilee Party for supporting Ruto.

0 comment
0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTumblrWhatsappTelegramEmail
Politics

Kindiki Rejects Jubilee Job Offer

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Tharaka Nithi senator Kithure Kindiki has declined a job offer from the ruling Jubilee party.

Days after being removed from his position as the senate deputy speaker, Kindiki, alongside other senators who had been removed from various committee chairmanships were proposed to other various committees.

Kindiki and former Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen (Elgeyo-Marakwet) were on Tuesday May 26 named to seat in the Justice and Legal Affair Committee and the Devolution Committee respectively in changes set to be filed.

However, Kindiki in a press statement dated May 27 said that he had only learnt about the offer through the press. He said that he had declined the offer, to focus on serving the people of Kenya as the senator for Tharaka Nithi.

“I have learnt through the press that the Jubilee party has recommended me to serve in another capacity in the senate. I respectfully decline the offer. Henceforth, I want to focus on serving the people of Kenya as the senator for Tharaka Nithi County,” reads the statement.

Image

Murkomen who was also proposed to be a member of the Devolution Committee in the new changes that were announced by the ruling party declined the offer.

Murkomen through a tweet said he only learnt from the media that he had been proposed to serve in the Senate Devolution Committee in effect replacing Senator Kinyua who is being punished for standing with him.

According to the former Senate Majority leader, accepting the position will be tantamount to repaying unstinting loyalty with spite and treachery.

“This afternoon I learnt from the media that I have been proposed to serve in the Senate Devolution Committee in effect replacing Sen.Kinyua who is being punished for standing with me. Accepting the position will be tantamount to repaying unstinting loyalty with spite&treachery,” tweeted Murkomen.

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has also rejected an appointment to the Senate Powers and Privileges Committee.

This comes after he was moved from the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) in a reshuffle announced on Tuesday.

In a letter dated Wednesday May 27, Cherargei stated: “I hereby write to notify you that I have declined the appointment to be a member of the powers and privileges committee in the senate of the Republic of Kenya.”

Image
0 comment
0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTumblrWhatsappTelegramEmail
Politics

VIDEO: Senators Were Paid 200k to Oust Kindiki, Vocal Tanga Tanga MP Claims

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

A vocal Deputy President William Ruto allied MP has come out to claim that senators who voted to oust Tharaka Nithi senator Kithure Kindiki as senate deputy speaker, were paid.

According to Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri, the senators met at Serena Hotel, where they were given ksh. 100,000 each. He says they were promised to be given the remaining Ksh. 100,000 after their voting.

The vocal Tanga Tanga MP further claims that the entire process in which Prof Kindiki was kicked out was corrupted. He says the senate speaker ignored the voting procedure, where the senators use a special voting system to cast votes, and opted for verbal voting.

According to Ngunjiri, the senators who voted yes rushed quickly after the process, to pick their remaining balance that they had been promised.

He further accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of bringing in their political enemy, the ODM party leader Raila Odinga, to cause troubles in the ruling party. Ngunjiri says that it is President Kenyatta who taught them how to abuse Raila at the time he was fully in opposition.

Kindiki was on Friday last week ousted after a heated debate.

Out of the total 67 senators, 54 voted to kick out the deputy speaker who they accused of party disloyalty and disrespect to the party leader.

At least 26 of senators from the minority side voted in favour of his removal. Only two, Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula and Nominated Judith Pareno did not cast their votes because they were not in the House.

However, Mr Wetangula, who is on a mandatory quarantine after his brother died of Covid19, expressed his support for the removal in a message to Minority leader James Orengo.

Seven senators voted to save Prof Kindiki, a far cry from the tussle of numbers that the pro-Ruto allies have always touted. They were Kipchumba Murkomen, Aaron Cheruiyot, Christopher Langat, Susan Kihika, John Kinyua, Samson Cherargey and Kindiki himself.

0 comment
0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTumblrWhatsappTelegramEmail
Load More Posts