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Kithure Kindiki: The 'whispering deputy' who tried to 'roar' but gave Sh64 only

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki is welcomed by a women group in Kambu, Makueni County on June 26, 2025 for an empowerment programme. [Philip Muasya, Standard]

Behold! The man, the myth, the whispering deputy. Kenya’s second-in-command. The one who speaks in lowercase but serves in uppercase. The man whose voice is so faint, it needs Wi-Fi to reach the back of a rally crowd. If political power were measured in decibels, he’d still be searching for a network.

This is none other than Professor Kithure Kindiki, Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya, full-time head-nodder,  part-time motivational speaker, and official distributor of Sh64 to widows and orphans.

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