Senators upheld five of 11 charges in unprecedented vote while Rigathi Gachagua was treated for chest pains
Kenya’s senate impeached the deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, while he was in hospital on a day of high political drama in Nairobi.
Senators upheld five out of 11 charges against Gachagua in a vote late on Thursday, making him the first deputy president in the country to be ejected from office through impeachment.
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