Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua chairs a Cabinet committee meeting in Karen on August 4, 2023.
We have had 12 deputy presidents in Kenya since independence though the position used to be known as “vice president” before promulgation of the Constitution in 2010. Prior to 2010, vice presidents where there to be seen but not to be heard. The position was weak because all vice presidents were figureheads who danced to the president’s music.
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