The future of Kenya’s deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, hangs in the balance after Kenya’s senate confirmed on Wednesday that it will investigate an impeachment trial against him.

Kenya's senate will next week debate whether to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, the senate speaker said on Wednesday, after the national assembly voted to impeach Gachagua. Lawmakers voted by 281 to 44 late on Tuesday to impeach Gachagua,

Kenya’s lawmakers have approved a motion to impeach the country’s deputy president, following daylong discussions and after Rigathi Gachagua appeared in parliament to defend himself against several charges,

Kenya's parliament voted on Tuesday to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on charges including enriching himself and stirring ethnic hatred, the chamber's speaker said, paving the way for the senate to consider the motion.

Rigathi Gachagua, Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya, faced an impeachment hearing Wednesday morning after the country's National Assembly passed a motion for his removal. The motion for

Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has filed a petition in the High Court seeking to halt the impeachment proceedings initiated by lawmakers. Gachagua, accused of stirring ethnic tensions and undermining the government,

Kenyans reacted on Wednesday after parliament overwhelmingly voted to impeach the country's deputy president. Kenya's lawmakers approved a motion Tuesday to impeach the country's deputy president, following daylong discussions and after Rigathi Gachagua appeared in parliament to defend himself against several charges,

A bid by Kenyan lawmakers to oust Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua moved swiftly to the Senate on Wednesday after he was impeached by the lower house of parliament in an unprecedented political drama that has gripped the nation.