A Kenyan High Court is due Tuesday to hear an appeal by impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over his ouster in an unprecedented Senate vote last week.

The opposition Wiper leader has stood by the deputy president since the beginning of his impeachment process, gathering support that President William Ruto has lost in the crucial Mt Kenya region.

The charges, which Rigathi Gachagua denies, included gross violation of the constitution and stirring ethnic hatred

It’s the first impeachment under the country’s new Constitution, but some are now calling for a similar move against President William Ruto.

Moi’s third deputy, George Saitoti was sidelined to pave way for Uhuru Kenyatta’s nomination as the party flagbearer in 2002. Moi’s final deputy, Musalia Mudavadi, fell with the rest of the Kanu government in the 2002 elections.

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 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.

Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has failed to appear in the Senate to testify at his impeachment trial, with his lawyer saying that he has been taken ill. The deputy president, who was present in the house in the morning,

Rigathi Gachagua lashes out at his boss William Ruto as 'vicious' and cruel, warning that his life could be in danger

Many Kenyans are asking, “Who is Kenya’s Deputy President right now?” Is it Rigathi Gachagua, who was impeached by the Senate and National Assembly but obtained a court order to halt the process? Or is it Kithure Kindiki,