Let us make progress Hon. Mutuse... let us make progress members. PART 4 Amason Jeffar Kingi, the Speaker of the Senate, is one lucky person. He was effortlessly elected MP in 2007, exactly ten years after graduating from the University of Nairobi law school. #TutamGuardians
He later served as a Cabinet Minister during the nusu mkate Government. When devolution arrived in 2010, he vied for the Governor of Kilifi seat on an ODM ticket and won, later securing re-election in 2017. Then reality struck. Kingi realized his terms as Governor were over, yet
Deploying his resources, he is reputed to be the richest Giriama in East and Central Africa. He founded the Pamoja Africa Alliance (PAA). With PAA in the bank, he struck a pact with then Deputy President William Ruto, which earned him the Senate Speaker position. Fortune
Once settled, Kingi forged tighter relations with the deep state and the hidden powers around the President. Then came his most dramatic assignment: the political slaughter of Rigathi Gachagua. #TutamGuardians
Like a surgeon on a mission, Kingi hurried the impeachment process in a manner that would make Pontius Pilate jealous. He concluded the proceedings as Gachagua lay hospitalized, gazetted the outcome at midnight, and carried on as if nothing significant had occurred.
Kingi, however, had little choice. He is bound by an amorphous deal that compels him to take directions from the Executive and its agents. Now drooling for a second term as Speaker, along with another pension to add to his millionaire status; he is firmly aligned with the
As the undisputed king of the Giriama and Chonyi communities, with a political network built during his governor days, Kingi remains a valuable asset in a presidential contest often decided by less than 200,000 votes, he is a star. #TutamGuardians
