Kenya's lawmakers vote to impeach deputy president, speaker says


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  • Wednesday, 09 Oct 2024

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua address legislators ahead of the lawmakers' vote over his impeachment motion at the Parliament buildings in Nairobi, Kenya October 8, 2024. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's parliament voted on Tuesday to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on charges including enriching himself and stirring ethnic hatred, the chamber's speaker said, sending the motion to the Senate for trial.

(Reporting by George Obulutsa; writing by Hereward Holland)

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