Wealth ––Prof Kithure Kindiki is now worth sh 694 million a sh 150 million rise in the 21 months he has been in the William Ruto Cabinet.
During his vetting exercise that commenced today Thursday August 1, the nominee for the Interior docket disclosed to the panel that he had made more wealth from his legal practice .
He squarely attributed the rise in wealth to his law firm which he said had made tremendous revenues in the few months after he started recovering unpaid fees from defaulted clients.
During his intense examination, and as the first nominee to face the panel, he clarified that he has never done any business deal with the State.
“The increase in my net worth comes primarily from my law practice. I have not engaged in any business with the government or applied for any tenders directly or indirectly,” he declared before the Wetang’ula led panel.
Prof Kindiki told the panel that he had recovered a lot of monies from his clients who had not settled with him for a long time.
“None of my wealth has come from public funds except my official salary and allowances,” Kindiki emphasised.
In 2022, Kindiki explained that his net worth of sh 544 million was comprised of land and buildings valued at approximately sh 165 million, along with bank deposits and investments in shares and various savings cooperatives amounting to around Ksh50 million.
