Kenya's Senate will proceed with impeachment hearings and a vote on whether to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday, the senate speaker said, despite Gachagua's absence from the proceedings after his lawyer said he had fallen ill.

NAIROBI: Kenya President William Ruto nominated Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki as the new Deputy President after incumbent Rigathi Gachagua was removed from office following a historic vote in the Senate,

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