Battle of wits and egos envelopes Kindiki’s exit

Former Senate Deputy Speaker Kithure Kindiki.

His speech was long and dense with emotion. It was potent enough to soften the hard-hearted. His delivery was earnest.

And while he laboured to maintain an emphatic tone, words occasionally failed him. The wrinkles that formed on his forehead every time he looked up as he read his speech, and his grieving eyes, told of a man defeated.