Soft-spoken Kithure Kindiki finds own footing as he marks 100 days as DP

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki during the inauguration of President- Elect Daniel Francisco Chapo of the Republic of Mozambique at Indepedence Square in Maputo. [DPCS]

When Deputy President Kithure Kindiki took oath office in November 2024, he joined the ranks of an administration suffering from growing public distrust and one yearning for a political renaissance.

Having ascended to the second-highest office position riding on the political miscalculations of his predecessor Rigathi Gachagua, Prof Kindiki was quickly plunged into the murky world of politicking and public engagements, a deviation from his soft-spoken, non-confrontational nature.