Kenya: Gachagua Allies Conspicuously Missing in Parliament Special Sitting

The National Assembly on Friday approved the nomination of Prof Kithure Kindiki as deputy president after the Head of State forwarded his name to the house.

Initially expected to be carried out via an electronic system, Speaker Moses Wetangula was forced to change tact and have the MPs vote in a roll-call system due to a technical hitch.

As soon as the voting started, however, two trends were immediately apparent. One, all the present MPs, 236 in total voted in favour of Kindiki’s…