Kithure Kindiki vs Babu Owino

As Deputy President he is a principal of the government whose mixed economic record is set out under William Ruto. No separate economic record of his own was found. (low confidence)

Has repeatedly said education should be free from primary to university, funded by the state, and that higher-education loans should be raised, not cut. His own stated position; he has not yet delivered it in office. (low confidence)

Voted no on the Finance Bill 2024 at second reading in June 2024. (medium confidence)

Says devolution is now too entrenched to be reversed and that national and county governments must cooperate, not compete (June 2025). A stated position from an office with little power of its own, so it counts at the lighter weight. (low confidence)

A career insider: Senate Majority Leader, Senate Deputy Speaker, Interior CS and now Deputy President, all within the governing camp. (medium confidence)

Left ODM to run for Nairobi governor under The Mwananchi Party within the Linda Mwananchi formation. (medium confidence)

As Interior CS he declared in July 2023 that no more opposition protests would be allowed 'with or without notice', and he was in charge of policing during the 2023 and 2024 protests in which rights groups recorded dozens of deaths. He denies police brutality and abductions. (medium confidence)

Youth-facing, rights-forward public messaging. (low confidence)