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,

Kenya’s deputy president faces impeachment and pleaded not guilty in a senate hearing Wednesday to all allegations including corruption and support for anti-government protests that saw demonstrators storm the country’s parliament.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan court on Tuesday declined to stop this week's Senate debate on whether to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from going ahead, a video clip of the ruling showed.