Kenya's parliament on Friday unanimously voted to back President William Ruto's pick to replace his impeached deputy Rigathi Gachagua, even as a High Court injunction threw the historic political process into disarray.

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

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,

National Assembly Speaker Wetangula receives the nomination of Professor Kithure Kindiki to fill the vacancy of deputy president.

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 senators have voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office despite his failure to testify at his impeachment trial after his lawyer said he had been taken to hospital.

Kenya’s Senate on Thursday voted to sack Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment. Gachagua, who pled not guilty to the charges of corruption, abuse of office, and inciting ethnic divisions, became the first sitting deputy president in the country to be removed from office by impeachment.

Kenya’s Senate has voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office in an impeachment trial on corruption and other allegations, hours after the deputy president was taken to the hospital with chest pains.

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan President William Ruto chose Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki as his new deputy on Friday, but a court blocked his appointment until it hears a case next week challenging the impeachment of Kindiki's predecessor.

Kenya's President William Ruto has nominated interior minister Kithure Kindiki as his new deputy president, a day after the Senate voted to impeach Ruto's previous deputy Rigathi Gachagua. "I have received a message from