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.

Kenya's senate voted to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment on five out of 11 charges levelled against him on Thursday, in an unprecedented move that risks pushing the country towards a political crisis.

The speaker of Kenya’s National Assembly annulled a vote to approve Interior Secretary Kithure Kindiki as the new deputy president, saying lawmakers will redo the process manually.

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.

Kenya's Senate will proceed with impeachment hearings and a vote on whether to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday, the senate speaker said, despite Gachagua's absence from the proceedings after his lawyer said he had fallen ill.

A lawyer representing Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in his impeachment hearing told the Senate on Thursday that the politician was "very sick" and in hospital, after he failed to attend proceedings.

Kenya's Senate votes to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office in an impeachment trial.

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Impeachment proceedings against Kenya's deputy president are constitutional, a court said on Wednesday, clearing the way for the Senate to hold hearings and vote on his dismissal this week.