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Kenyan Senate Begins Impeachment Hearings Against Vice President Gachagua

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Kenyas Senate Begins Impeachment Hearings Against Vice President Gachagua

Kenya’s Senate has begun impeachment hearings against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

The hearings commenced following a court ruling which held that the proceedings against Gachagua aligned with Kenya’s Constitution.

Kenya’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, last week voted to impeach Gachagua on 11 charges bordering on corruption, undermining the government and stirring ethnic hatred.

Gachagua, however, denied all charges, stating that the impeachment, filed in a Special Motion presented to the Senate by Kibwezi West lawmaker Hon. Mwengi Mutuse, was based on falsehood and led by allies of President William Ruto.

Gachagua had launched an appeal in the High Court, but Judge Eric Ogola ruled on Wednesday that the process could go ahead, clearing the way for the Senate to begin hearings and vote on his dismissal on Thursday.

The ongoing hearings require a two-thirds majority vote for Gachagua’s dismissal to take effect. If Gachagua is impeached in line with the process from Kenya’s 2010 revised constitution, he will be the first Vice President to exit office through impeachment.

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