Kenya: Kindiki Assumes Office As DP After Taking Oath of Due Execution, and Alliagence

Nairobi — Deputy President-designate Kithure Kindiki has been sworn in.

Kindiki, who now becomes the country’s third Deputy President, succeeding Rigathi Gachagua who was impeached on October 17.

On Thursday a three-judge bench lifted conservatory orders that had previously barred Kindiki from assuming office.

Gachagua made history as the first Deputy President to be impeached under Kenya’s 2010 Constitution.

Kindiki’s oath of office was administered by the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary,…