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Al Jazeera
Politics
Vivianne Wandera

Kenya Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua impeached: Why it matters

A Kenyan vendor holds an artistic expression of President William Ruto and Rigathi Gachagua, right [File: Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]

Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been removed from office after he was impeached in a historic vote in the country’s Senate on Thursday night.

Gachagua becomes the first deputy president to be removed from office in this way since impeachment was introduced in Kenya’s 2010 constitution.

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