Deputy President of Kenya

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The deputy president of the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Naibu Rais wa Jamhuri ya Kenya) is the principal assistant to the President of the Republic of Kenya.[1] The current appointed deputy president of Kenya is Kithure Kindiki. He has been serving in this position since 1 November 2024.

History

Prior to the 2010 Constitution of Kenya, the deputy president was known as the vice president, and the president had the power to appoint and dismiss the vice president at will.

In order to remove the repeated abuse of this privilege, the new Constitution promulgated in 2010 mandated that the person nominated as the running mate of a candidate for the presidency during the elections becomes the deputy president-elect upon their candidate being declared the winner of the presidential elections. In addition to this change in appointing responsibility, unlike in the previous Constitution where the vice president usually held a secondary role of being a Cabinet Minister,[2] the new Constitution mandates that the deputy president is not permitted to hold any other state or public office and shall only perform the duties assigned to the office by the Constitution and by the president.

Since the country's independence, there has been one vacancy in the office, from 8 January 1998 until 3 April 1999.[2] Three of Kenya's Vice/Deputy Presidents, Mwai Kibaki, Daniel arap Moi and William Ruto have gone on to serve as president, with the latter currently serving as the incumbent president since 13 September 2022.[3] Prior to this, he served as acting president for a few days after president Uhuru Kenyatta temporarily transferred his powers and office to appear before the International Criminal Court.[4]

Qualifications and election to office

The 2010 Constitution states that for a person to become the Deputy President, the person must be nominated as the running mate of a candidate in the presidential elections and the person must themselves qualify to be nominated as a candidate for election as president.[5]

Upon a person being nominated as a running mate and their candidate wins the elections, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission then declares that the candidate is the President-elect, and the running mate is subsequently the Deputy President-elect.

The Deputy President-elect takes office on the same day as the President-elect and serves from the date sworn in until:

  1. The next President-elect is sworn in.
  2. Upon assuming the office of the President; or
  3. Resignation, death or being removed from office under the conditions provided by the Constitution

Responsibilities

The following is a summary of the responsibilities of the Deputy President as provided in the Constitution:[6]

  1. Serves as the President's principal assistant and deputises for the President in the performance of the responsibilities of the President.
  2. The Deputy President acts as the President if the sitting President is absent, temporarily incapacitated or whenever the President assigns this responsibility; and
  3. Performing any other responsibility assigned by the Constitution and the President.

List of officeholders

Political parties

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  Kenya African National Union (KANU)

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  National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) / Party of National Unity (PNU)

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  Orange Democratic Movement – Kenya (ODM–K)

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  Jubilee Alliance (JA)

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  United Democratic Alliance (UDA)
Symbols

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No. Picture Name
(Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
Vice President of Kenya
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1 File:Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (cropped).jpg Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
(1911–1994)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		12 December 1964 14 April 1966 Template:Age in years and days KANU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2 File:No image.png Joseph Murumbi
(1911–1990)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		3 May 1966 30 November 1966 Template:Age in years and days KANU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 3 File:Daniel arap Moi 1979b.jpg Daniel arap Moi
(1924–2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		5 January 1967 22 August 1978 Template:Age in years and days KANU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 4 File:Mwai Kibaki 2011-07-08.jpg Mwai Kibaki
(1931–2022)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		14 October 1978 24 March 1988 Template:Age in years and days KANU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5 File:No image.png Josephat Karanja
(1931–1994)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		24 March 1988 1 May 1989 Template:Age in years and days KANU
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 6 File:George Saitoti (cropped).jpg George Saitoti
(1945–2012)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1 May 1989 8 January 1998 Template:Age in years and days KANU
3 April 1999 30 August 2002 Template:Age in years and days KANU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 7 File:Musalia Mudavadi.JPG Musalia Mudavadi
(born 1960)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		4 November 2002 3 January 2003 Template:Age in years and days KANU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 8 File:Wamalwapotr.jpg Michael Kijana Wamalwa
(1944–2003)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		3 January 2003 23 August 2003<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] Template:Age in years and days NARC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 9 File:Moody Awori.jpg Moody Awori
(born 1928)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		25 September 2003 9 January 2008 Template:Age in years and days NARC / PNU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 10 File:Kalonzo Musyoka1.jpg Kalonzo Musyoka
(born 1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		9 January 2008 9 April 2013 Template:Age in years and days ODM–K
Deputy President of Kenya
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 11 File:Ruto at WTO Public Forum 2014 (cropped).jpg William Ruto
(born 1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		9 April 2013 13 September 2022 Template:Age in years and days Jubilee
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 12 File:Rigathi Gachagua - 2023 (cropped).jpg Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua
(born 1965)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		13 September 2022 1 November 2024 Template:Age in years and days UDA
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 13 File:Kithure Kindiki in office.jpg Abraham Kithure Kindiki
(born 1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1 November 2024 Incumbent Template:Age in years and days UDA

See also

References

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  1. ↑ Article 147 of the Constitution of Kenya
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