Kenya's ousted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday lashed out at his boss William Ruto as "vicious" and cruel, warning that his life could be in danger. Gachagua was impeached by the Senate on five out of 11 charges levelled against him on Thursday,

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has insisted that he remains the deputy president of Kenya despited the nomination of CS Kithure Kindiki after his impeachment.

Kenya’s former Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, has sharply criticized President William Ruto, calling him “vicious” and “cruel” after being impeached by the Senate.

Kenya’s president has nominated the country’s interior minister as his new deputy. The nomination came hours after Rigathi Gachagua was overwhelmingly voted out as deputy president in an impeachment motion tabled in parliament over allegations of corruption and ethnic division.

Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been removed from office after he was impeached in a historic vote in the country’s Senate on Thursday night. Gachagua becomes the first deputy president to be removed from office in this way since impeachment was introduced in Kenya’s 2010 constitution.

Kenya's President William Ruto nominated Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki as his new deputy on Friday, hours after the Senate voted to impeach the last man in the job, Rigathi Gachagua. Ruto's nomination of a close ally - who still needs to be approved by parliament - comes after a period of political turmoil,

Kenya’s Senate has voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office in an impeachment trial on corruption and other allegations, hours after the deputy president was taken to the hospital with chest pains.

Kenya’s Senate on Thursday voted to sack Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment. Gachagua, who pled not guilty to the charges of corruption, abuse of office, and inciting ethnic divisions, became the first sitting deputy president in the country to be removed from office by impeachment.

Kenya Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has vowed to fight his impeachment battle until the end, brushing off any possibility of resignation.

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua arrives to address legislators ahead of the lawmakers' vote over his impeachment motion at the Parliament buildings in Nairobi, Kenya October 8, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's impeached deputy president,

Kenya's parliament on Friday unanimously voted to back President William Ruto's pick to replace his impeached deputy Rigathi Gachagua, even as a High Court injunction threw the historic political proc