Kithure Kindiki

Kithure Kindiki
Kindiki in 2023
3rd Deputy President of Kenya
Assumed office
1 November 2024
PresidentWilliam Ruto
Preceded byRigathi Gachagua
Deputy Party Leader of the United Democratic Alliance
Assumed office
11 November 2024
LeaderWilliam Ruto
Preceded byRigathi Gachagua
Cabinet Secretary for Interior
In office
22 October 2022 – 31 October 2024
PresidentWilliam Ruto
Preceded byFred Matiang'i
Succeeded byMusalia Mudavadi (acting)
Senator of Tharaka-Nithi County
In office
4 March 2013 – 9 September 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMwenda Getaya
Personal details
Born
Abraham Kithure Kindiki

(1972-07-17) 17 July 1972 (age 52)
Tharaka, Meru District, Eastern Province, Kenya
Political partyUnited Democratic Alliance (2021–present)
Spouse
(m. 2001)
Children3
EducationLenana School
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician, lawyer

Abraham Kithure Kindiki (born 17 July 1972) is a Kenyan politician and lawyer who is currently serving as the 3rd deputy President of Kenya since 1 November 2024. He assumed this office following the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua.[1] Before becoming Deputy President, he served as the Cabinet Secretary for Interior from 22 October 2022 to 31 October 2024 under President William Ruto, and he represented Tharaka-Nithi County in the Senate of Kenya from 2013 until 2022.[2] He assumed office as the third Deputy President of Kenya under the new 2010 constitution.

  1. ^ "Prof Kithure Kindiki". nation.africa. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ^ "President Ruto appoints 22 Cabinet Secretaries, Attorney-General and Secretary to the Cabinet". The Standard. Retrieved 2022-10-28.