Gachagua impeached as Kenya’s Deputy President » Capital News
Nairobi, Kenya – Oct 17 – 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 some of the charges brought against him.
Gachagua, who had denied all the charges at the beginning of the proceedings on Wednesday, was taken ill on day two of the trial and attempts by his lawyers to seek an extension of the process was voted down forcing them to pull out of the process.
He faced accusations including corruption, practising ethnically divisive politics, Corruption, and undermining the president among others.
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