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.

Political experts warn that if Gachagua is removed from office, it could lead to public outrage and calls for similar action against Ruto — a reawakening of the demands made by citizens during the deadly anti-tax protests that rocked Kenya in June and July.

Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has failed to appear in the Senate to testify at his impeachment trial, with his lawyer saying that he has been taken ill.

Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been hospitalised, throwing his impeachment trial in uncertainty as the nation closely watched the high-stakes

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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,

The deputy president faces 11 charges including corruption, inciting ethnic divisions and undermining government - all of which he denies. The row follows his recent fallout with

Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua appeared before the country’s first impeachment trial, the latest challenge to William Ruto’s administration in the wake of this year’s deadly anti-government protests.