Kenyan MPs give Senate through pass in Gachagua ouster match

Kenya’s senate will next week debate whether to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, the senate speaker said on October 8, after the national assembly voted to impeach Gachagua.

Lawmakers voted by 281 to 44 late on October 8 to impeach Gachagua, with one abstention. That was far more than the two-thirds majority needed to carry the motion to the senate.

Senate speaker Amason Kingi said the senate would investigate the allegations on Wednesday and Thursday next week. If at least two-thirds of the senate vote to uphold the impeachment, Gachagua will be dismissed.