The only sop to the protestors was that Aden Duale was demoted from defence to forestry minister though Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki who many held culpable alongside Duale for the abduction and killing of scores of protestors and organisers stays in post...
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President William Ruto's decision last week to bring back six of the senior ministers he had fired particularly Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki who many hold as culpable for the abduction and killing of scores of protestors and organisers has marked a hardening in resolve by State House (AC Vol 65 No 15 Ruto struggles to retain control)...
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On 3 July Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki blamed the violence on ‘hordes of marauding criminal gangs' and said there was an attempt to ‘politicise crime'...
During the Supreme Court case that eventually decided the election in Ruto's favour Ogolla was named by Ruto's lawyer Kithure Kindiki as being one of a group of four from the National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC) who had been to the Bomas Centre on 15 August where the votes were being tallied and verified...
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Vol 64 No 23 |
- KENYA
- HAITI
Last week Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki told the National Assembly's Committee on Administration and Internal Security that 'unless all resources are mobilised and availed our troops will not leave the country...
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The declaration by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki and the police that the demonstrations are illegal has been rejected in a series of court rulings...
Having missed out on the Deputy President nomination Kithure Kindiki who led Ruto's legal team during the August presidential petition and represented Ruto when he faced crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal Court has been rewarded with the Interior and National Administration Ministry previously led by Fred Matiang'i...
Ruto's pickAfter weeks of speculation and delays Ruto picked Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua at the expense of Senator Kithure Kindiki in Tharaka-Nithi who was the preferred candidate among Mount Kenya MPs in Ruto's Kenya Kwanza (AC Vol 61 No 19 Keeping up with the Kenyattas)...
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...