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.

Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday nominated his interior minister as deputy to replace Rigathi Gachagua who was sacked in a historic impeachment. He is the first deputy president to be impeached since the process was introduced in Kenya's revised 2010 constitution.

President William Ruto has nominated Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki to the Deputy President position. He takes over from Rigathi Gachagua.