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Kenya's Impeached Deputy President Says His Security Withdrawn, Safety at Risk
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's impeached deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, said on Sunday his security protection team had been withdrawn and that President William Ruto would be responsible if anything happened to him. Gachagua - who has dismissed the charges against him as politically motivated - told journalists his safety was at risk.
Kenya’s president nominates interior minister as new deputy but high court orders halt to process
Kenya’s president has nominated the country’s interior minister as his new deputy. The nomination came hours after Rigathi Gachagua was overwhelmingly voted out as deputy president in an impeachment motion tabled in parliament over allegations of corruption and ethnic division.
Impeachment of Kenya’s Deputy President Could Signal Further Turmoil
It’s the first impeachment under the country’s new Constitution, but some are now calling for a similar move against President William Ruto.
Kenya's Ruto chooses close ally as deputy president after Gachagua impeached
Kenya's President William Ruto nominated Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki as his new deputy on Friday, hours after the Senate voted to impeach the last man in the job, Rigathi Gachagua. Ruto's nomination of a close ally - who still needs to be approved by parliament - comes after a period of political turmoil,
Kenya’s Parliament removes the deputy president from office in an impeachment trial
Kenya’s Senate has voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office in an impeachment trial on corruption and other allegations, hours after the deputy president was taken to the hospital with chest pains.
The man lined up to be Kenya's next deputy president
The man who was the face of the Kenyan government in the aftermath of the police’s deadly crackdown on recent anti-tax protests is set to become the country’s next deputy president.
Kenya senate votes to remove deputy president from office by impeachment
Kenya's senate voted to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment on five out of 11 charges levelled against him on Thursday, in an unprecedented move that risks pushing the country towards a political crisis.
Kenya's impeached deputy president blasts 'vicious' boss
Rigathi Gachagua lashes out at his boss William Ruto as 'vicious' and cruel, warning that his life could be in danger
High court throws Kenya deputy president replacement into disarray
Kenya's parliament on Friday unanimously voted to back President William Ruto's pick to replace his impeached deputy Rigathi Gachagua, even as a High Court injunction threw the historic political proc
Kenya court blocks deputy president appointment after previous officeholder impeached
Kenya's National Assembly nominated Professor Kithure Kithiki to fill the vacancy in the Office of the Deputy President on Friday. However, this nomination came only hours after the Senate voted to
‘The hostility was something I’d never experienced before’: The cost to women of the overlooked rise of Kenya’s manosphere
Women’s rights groups, activists and therapists in Kenya are raising the alarm about the potential impact on women following ...
Kenya Vs Rwanda Live Streaming: T20I World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier B: When, Where To Watch
Kenya face Rwanda in match 6 of the ICC Men's T20I World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier Group B in Nairobi on Sunday. Here ...
The ever-shifting alliances that fuelled Kenya's impeachment drama
The unprecedented impeachment of his deputy leaves President Ruto holding all the cards - for now.
Africa Trip To Tunisia, Kenya And South Africa Exposed IEEE Opportunities
I enjoyed and learned a lot during my short visit to Tunisia, Kenya and South Africa to meet with local section members and ...
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Kenya Power system losses climb despite national grid upgrade vows
Kenya Power has been grappling with mounting system losses in the form of electricity theft via illegal connections and the ...
British national and several Turkish citizens abducted in Kenya
A British national has told the BBC that he and several Turkish citizens were abducted in the Kenyan capital Nairobi by ...
Kenya: Multistory building collapses in Nairobi
The Kenyan Red Cross said it rescued two people from the rubble. The Nairobi building had been condemned for demolition and ...
Horror moment seven-storey building COLLAPSES in Kenya as search and rescue hunt for people trapped under rubble
THIS is the terrifying moment a seven-story block of flats in Kenya collapses as locals watch on in horror. Footage shows the exact moment the Nairobi building is reduced to rubble as plumes of ...