The charges, which Rigathi Gachagua denies, included gross violation of the constitution and stirring ethnic hatred

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 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 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,

Kenyan senators voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office, despite his absence from his impeachment trial due to hospitalisation, according to his lawyer. Gachagua was expected

Moi’s third deputy, George Saitoti was sidelined to pave way for Uhuru Kenyatta’s nomination as the party flagbearer in 2002. Moi’s final deputy, Musalia Mudavadi, fell with the rest of the Kanu government in the 2002 elections.

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’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.

Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has failed to appear in the Senate to testify at his impeachment trial, with his lawyer saying that he has been taken ill. The deputy president, who was present in the house in the morning,

Rigathi Gachagua lashes out at his boss William Ruto as 'vicious' and cruel, warning that his life could be in danger

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