Kindiki's uphill battle of uniting Mt Kenya

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki during his swearing in ceremony at KICC, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Days after his swearing-in, a herculean task awaits Deputy President Kithure Kindiki: uniting the politically restive Mount Kenya region and restoring faith in the office of the vice presidency.

Observers believe the law professor faces a significant challenge in reversing the politics of exclusion that marked former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's tenure, whose style, some say, risked isolating the region from the rest of the country. Kindiki now faces the task of shifting that narrative.