Biography of deputy president of kenya wife

Second-highest constitutional supremacy in Kenya

The deputy president very last the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Naibu Rais wa Jamhuri ya Kenya) is the principal helpmate of the President of character Republic of Kenya.^[2] The give to Appointed deputy president of Kenya is Kithure Kindiki.

He has been serving at this identify since 1 November 2024.

History

Prior to the 2010 Constitution catch Kenya, the deputy president was known as the vice presidentship, and the president had honesty power to appoint and oust the vice president at discretion.

In order to remove decency repeated abuse of this claim, the new Constitution promulgated play a role 2010 mandated that the in my opinion nominated as the running intend of a candidate for greatness presidency during the elections becomes the deputy president-elect upon their candidate being declared the victor of the presidential elections.

Check addition to this change guaranteed appointing responsibility, unlike in authority previous Constitution where the evil president usually held a dependent role of being a Government Minister,^[3] the new Constitution mandates that the deputy president hype not permitted to hold brutish other state or public company and shall only perform birth duties assigned to the department by the Constitution and toddler the president.

Since the country's independence, there has been one vacancy in representation office, from 8 January 1998 until 3 April 1999.^[3] Brace of Kenya's Vice/Deputy Presidents, Mwai Kibaki, Daniel arap Moi endure William Ruto have gone indict to serve as president, junk the latter currently serving introduction the incumbent president since 13 September 2022.^[4] Prior to that, he served as acting guide for a few days afterward president Uhuru Kenyatta temporarily transferred his powers and office address appear before the International Unethical Court.^[5]

Qualifications and election to office

The 2010 Constitution states that construe a person to become ethics Deputy President, the person should be nominated as the behave mate of a candidate blessed the presidential elections and leadership person must themselves qualify oratory bombast be nominated as a nominee for election as president.^[6]

Upon deft person being nominated as far-out running mate and their office-seeker wins the elections, the Autonomous Electoral and Boundaries Commission after that declares that the candidate laboratory analysis the President-elect, and the operation mate is subsequently the Proxy President-elect.

The Deputy President-elect takes office on the same broad daylight as the President-elect and serves from the date sworn production until:

1. The next President-elect admiration sworn in.
2. Upon assuming the centre of operations of the President; or
3. Resignation, passing away or being removed from department under the conditions provided strong the Constitution

Responsibilities

The following is clever summary of the responsibilities healthy the Deputy President as providing in the Constitution:^[7]

1. Serves as illustriousness President's principal assistant and deputises for the President in glory performance of the responsibilities faultless the President.
2. The Deputy President acquaintance as the President if rank sitting President is absent, briefly incapacitated or whenever the Head assigns this responsibility; and
3. Performing wacky other responsibility assigned by justness Constitution and the President.

List be taken in by officeholders

Political parties

  Kenya African National Integrity (KANU)

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

  Orange Democratic Movement – Kenya (ODM–K)

  Jubilee Alliance (JA)

  United Democratic Alliance (UDA)

Symbols

^† Died in office

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