Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has sent a stern warning to leaders who take his quietness, restraint, and soft-spoken character for granted.

Speaking during a Thanksgiving service in Embu on Sunday, January 5, the Deputy President revealed that although he may remain quiet mostly, he was focused on delivering the promises of Kenya Kwanza to Kenyans and that he should be respected. "I don't talk much, that is who I am, sometimes people look at me and wonder how I got here because of how quiet I am.

They look at how I speak and think that I am timid, but that's not the case," the DP lashed out. "Leadership is not about arrogance, voice, and other things, leadership is about delivering, so let us respect each other here.

There is a difference between leadership and populism," the DP continued.