Gachagua fell ill on Thursday afternoon barely an hour before he was due to testify in the unprecedented two-day impeachment trial.

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.

It’s the first impeachment under the country’s new Constitution, but some are now calling for a similar move against President William Ruto.

Kenya's senate voted to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment on five out of 11 charges levelled against him on Thursday, in an unprecedented move that risks pushing the country towards a political crisis.

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.

The historic decision to impeach Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has sparked disinformation online over the polarising issue. Following the motion's approval by the National Assembly, an image circulated with claims that it showed a mob attacking House majority leader Kimani Ichung’wa for rallying MPs to support the impeachment.

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