Rigathi Gachagua has been removed from office as Kenya's deputy President after Senate found him guilty of violation of five charges out of the eleven presented in the upper House.
He becomes the first deputy president to be impeached in Kenya’s history.
Gachagua, who had denied all the charges at the beginning of the proceedings on Wednesday, was taken ill on day two of the trial and attempts by his lawyers to seek an extension of the process was voted down forcing them to pull out of the process.
On the first charge of gross violation of the Constitution, where the Deputy President was accused of persistently making utterances that threatened to discriminate and exclude Kenyans, the Senate upheld the charge, with 53 senators voting in support and 13 voting against.
On the second charge, accusing him of undermining the President and the Cabinet, 28 senators upheld it, while 39 voted against, acquitting him.
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On the third charge, related to undermining devolution by interfering with the Nairobi City County Government, 19 senators upheld it, but 45 voted against.
On the fourth charge, accusing him of undermining judicial independence through public attacks on a judge, 51 senators found him guilty, while 16 opposed.
On the fifth charge of breaching his Oath of Office and Allegiance, 49 senators upheld the charge, with 16 voting against.
On the sixth charge, related to inflammatory public utterances violating the National Cohesion and Integration Act, 48 senators upheld it, while 18 voted against.
On the seventh charge, accusing Gachagua of committing gross economic crimes, including conflict of interest, abuse of office, and amassing property valued at KSh 5.2 billion, he was found not guilty, with 14 senators supporting the charge and 52 voting against it.
On the eighth charge, where Gachagua was accused of misleading the public through false, malicious, divisive, and inciteful remarks, he was found not guilty, with 27 senators upholding the charge while 40 voted against it.
On the ninth charge, which accused him of operating outside his high office by publicly attacking and undermining the work of the National Intelligence Service and its officers, he was found guilty, with 46 senators voting in support and 20 voting against.
On the tenth charge, where he was accused of openly and publicly insubordinating the President, the charge was not upheld as 22 senators voted in support, while 44 voted against.
On the final charge of gross misconduct, where he was accused of persistently bullying state and public officers, the charge was quashed as 18 senators voted to uphold it, 47 voted against, and two abstained.
