Biography
Kithure Kindiki
Deputy President since 1 November 2024. Interior CS 2022 to 2024. Tharaka-Nithi Senator 2013 to 2022. UDA.
Kithure Kindiki is Kenya's Deputy President. A law professor turned senator, Kindiki ran the Interior ministry through the 2023 and 2024 protests before replacing the impeached Rigathi Gachagua in November 2024. Born on 17 July 1972 in Tharaka, in today's Tharaka-Nithi County. Age 54.
- Full name
- Abraham Kithure Kindiki
- Born
- 17 July 1972, Tharaka, in today's Tharaka-Nithi County
- Party
- United Democratic Alliance (UDA)
- Family
- Married to Joyce Gatiiria Njagi.
Education
- Lenana SchoolSecondary school
- Moi UniversityLaw degree (1998)
- Kenya School of LawPostgraduate diploma (2001)
- University of PretoriaLLM in International Human Rights Law (2000) and doctorate in International Law (2002)
Career
- 1999 to 2013Law lecturer at Moi University, later head of its public law department; also taught at the University of Nairobi
- 2013 to 2022Senator for Tharaka-Nithi
- 2013 to 2017Senate Majority Leader
- 2017 to 2020Deputy Speaker of the Senate, removed in May 2020 after siding with Ruto in the Jubilee split
- 2022 to 2024Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration
- 1 November 2024Sworn in as Deputy President after Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment
Where Kindiki stands
On his record in office: an order-first security minister who became the President's deputy. His economic record is the government's, not his own.
- Role of the state in the economy: Mixed
- Political style: Establishment
- Institutions and power-sharing: Leans checks and devolution
- Civil liberties: Order-first
- SHealthcare: Called the opposition's plan to scrap SHA and bring back NHIF 'misguided' (January 2026).
Placed mainly from what Kindiki did, not what Kindiki said. See the full record, with every source.
Common questions
Who is Kithure Kindiki?
Kithure Kindiki is Kenya's Deputy President. A law professor turned senator, Kindiki ran the Interior ministry through the 2023 and 2024 protests before replacing the impeached Rigathi Gachagua in November 2024. Deputy President since 1 November 2024. Interior CS 2022 to 2024. Tharaka-Nithi Senator 2013 to 2022. UDA.
How old is Kithure Kindiki?
Born on 17 July 1972 in Tharaka, in today's Tharaka-Nithi County. Age 54.
What did Kithure Kindiki study?
Law degree (1998) at Moi University; Postgraduate diploma (2001) at Kenya School of Law; LLM in International Human Rights Law (2000) and doctorate in International Law (2002) at University of Pretoria.
Which party is Kithure Kindiki in?
United Democratic Alliance (UDA).
What does Kithure Kindiki stand for?
On his record in office: an order-first security minister who became the President's deputy. His economic record is the government's, not his own.
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