Prof Kithure Kindiki Education Background & Biography, Political Career In Nutshell
Explore the educational background and biography of Kithure Kindiki, a Tharaka Nithi senator and former Senate deputy speaker.
After a successful move in which 54 senators voted in support of the resolution and only seven senators voted against it, he was impeached.
This was owing to his refusal to attend a State House Nairobi Parliamentary group meeting that President Uhuru Kenyatta had approved.
Prof Kithure Kindiki Education Background
Kithure Kindiki earned his Ph.D. in International Law from the University of Pretoria in South Africa in 2002.
He received his Master of Laws (LLM) in International Human Rights Law and Democracy from the University of Pretoria in South Africa in 2000, and his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Moi University in Kenya in 1998.
My condolences to family, friends and the great people of Burundi for the demise of immediate former president Pierre Nkurunziza, we shall remember him for maintaining peace and stability in the war-ravaged country, Burundi. Rest in Eternal Peace. pic.twitter.com/LSShO6o0dV
— Prof. kithure kindiki (@kithure_Kindiki) June 9, 2020
After receiving a bachelor’s degree in law, he also attended the Advocates’ Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies (Kenya School of Law, 2001), which is required in Kenya’s legal education to qualify as an advocate.
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Kithure Kindiki Biography And Political Career
Kithure Kindiki began his political career in 2008, although he has yet to achieve national recognition. He got this as one of William Ruto’s lawyers in the ICC case.
Following that, as a member of the TNA political party, he stood for Tharaka Nithi’s senate seat.
Put God first.
Put God first in everything you do. Everything that you think you see in me. Everything that I’ve accomplished, everything that you think I have – and I have a few things. Everything that I have is by the grace of God. Understand that. It’s a gift.— Prof. kithure kindiki (@kithure_Kindiki) May 22, 2020
Kindiki has a gross income of roughly 1,300,000 Kenyan shillings as a senator. He also has access to medical coverage, auto loans, and many other benefits.
He was first elected as the Senator for Tharaka-Nithi County in 2013, and then re-elected in the 2017 General Election.
He was the Majority Leader in the Senate from 2013 to 2017 and the Deputy Speaker of the Kenya Senate from August 2017 until May 22, 2020, when the Jubilee Party de-whipped him from the job.
About Kithure Kindiki Age And Family
According to kenyanlife, Kithure Kindiki is 47 years old but his birth details are still unknown
Kindiki Kithure was born in the hamlet of Irunduni in the Mukothima ward of Tharaka Nithi county in 1973.
I freely forgive those who have crucified me. I will not harbor any hate. I forgive them without conditions. Thank you
— Prof. kithure kindiki (@kithure_Kindiki) May 22, 2020
Kithure is one of ten children in a family often. His four brothers have all completed advanced degrees and are professors.
Professor Nyagah Kindiki, his elder brother, is a Moi University professor. Professor Stephen Kithinji Kaniki is a Daystar University linguistics professor.
Professor Jonah Nyaga Kindiki is the head of the faculty of education at Moi University. Professor Isaiah Iguna Kindiki is a soil and physics professor.
His other siblings are working their way up the corporate ladder. This is, without a doubt, a learned family. Kindiki is also married to Joyce, with whom he has two daughters. They married in the year 2000.
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