Kenyan president nominates interior minister as new deputy
Kenya President William Ruto has nominated Kithure Kindiki, interior minister, as his new deputy. This comes a day after the senate voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, despite a plea from Paul Muite, Gachagua’s lawyer, to postpone the proceedings.
Kenyan Senate impeaches Deputy President
The Kenyan Senate has impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. The legislators voted Thursday evening regardless of a plea from Gachagua’s lawyer, Paul Muite, to postpone the proceedings. Muite said Gachagua was hospitalised after falling very sick hours before the vote was set to hold.
Kenyan Senate Resumes Gachagua Impeachment Debate
Kenya’s Senate temporarily suspended an impeachment trial against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after he fell ill.Most Read from BloombergInside the ‘Utopias’ of Mexico CityOne City’s Plan to Re-Link a Neighborhood That Robert Moses DividedHow Mexico City Averted All-Out DroughtChicago Should Consider Furloughs,
Kenya: Gachagua Impeached As Kenya's Deputy President
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has made history as the first Deputy President in Kenya to be impeached. The 59-year-old politician, popularly known as "Riggy G," was convicted by the Senate, which upheld several charges against him.
Kenya senate adjourns impeachment hearing for deputy president after he falls sick
The senate in Kenya has briefly adjourned an impeachment hearing for the deputy president after he was hospitalized over an illness, according to his lawyers
Kenya's Senate to Vote on Removal of Deputy President
Kenya's Senate opened a second day of hearings on Thursday ahead of a vote on whether to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office over charges he embezzled public funds, stirred ethnic hatred and undermined the government,
Kenyan Senate Votes to Impeach Deputy President
Kenyan senators voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, upholding the National Assembly’s decision to oust him after he was accused of pilfering public funds and making inflammatory statements to stir ethnic hatred.
Kenya's deputy president pleads not guilty in impeachment process
Kenya’s deputy president faces impeachment and pleaded not guilty Wednesday to all allegations including corruption and support for anti-government protests that saw demonstrators storm the country’s
Kenya Senate votes to remove Deputy President from office by impeachment
Kenya's Senate on Thursday voted to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment on the first of 11 charges levelled against him, in an unprecedented move that risks pushing the country towards a political crisis.
Kenya’s deputy president sacked while in hospital
Kenyan senators have voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office despite his failure to testify at his impeachment trial after his lawyer said he had been taken to hospital. In one of the most dramatic days in Kenya's recent political history,
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Rigathi Gachagua: Paul Muite Asks for Couple of Days to Proceed with Trial of DP
Lawyer Paul Muite who is leading Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's legal team requested the Senate to suspend the ...
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Gachagua Rushed to Hospital, Impeachment Hearing Suspended Till 5PM
Senior Counsel Paul Muite has informed Senate Speaker Amason Kingi that Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was taken to the ...
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Kenyan court stops replacement of Rigathi Gachagua as deputy president
UPDATE: The High Court has issued temporary orders stopping replacement of Rigathi Gachagua as Deputy President until October ...
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Rigathi Gachagua Moves to Court to Challenge His Ouster as DP, Cites Irregularities
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has filed a petition challenging his impeachment, citing procedural irregularities ...
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Gachagua’s Health Status: Kingi Gives Way Forward for Impeachment Hearing
Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has ruled on the application by Deputy President (DP) Rigathi Gachagua’s Lead counsel Paul Muite ...
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Kenya's DP Gachagua Falls Ill, Takes No Stand At Senate but Trial Continues
Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was on Thursday, October 17, admitted to a hospital in the capital, Nairobi, ...
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Muite: DP Gachagua suffering from intense chest pains
After two hours of waiting for an update on the health status of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, his lawyer, Senior ...
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Gachagua Swings into Action After Midnight Impeachment
After the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua, petitions have been filed seeking conservatory orders to stay the Senate’s ...