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KENYA: Senate votes to remove Deputy President in historic impeachment

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The Kenyan Senate voted on Thursday to oust Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a historic impeachment vote.

The upper house has so far voted to impeach the 59-year-old on five charges out of a total of 11 against him, after two days of hearings.

The Senate only had to find him guilty of one charge to remove him from office.

He is the first deputy president to be ousted in this manner since

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