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.

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been impeached by the Senate. Gachagua stood impeached after senators took a vote on the first charge, accusing him of undermining national unity. According to the tally,

Kithure Kindiki is set to take over from Rigathi Gachagua, who has filed a court application to stop his removal.