The Senate trial decides whether Kenya's deputy president is removed from office.
An overwhelming majority voted in the National Assembly last week to approve his impeachment, setting the stage for the two-day trial in the Senate that decides whether or not to oust him.
Gachagua’s trial is being conducted before the full house of the Senate after it abandoned a process to set up an 11-member committee to investigate the charges. On Thursday, the trial will resume to deal with the evidence and witnesses from Gachagua’s side until late afternoon. At least two-thirds of the 67 Senate members must approve the motion for Gachagua to be removed from office.He is expected to challenge the impeachment in the courts if it passes.
He has explained, including during his trial at the National Assembly, that most of the properties in question were from his late brother's estate.In just five years, he rose from being a first-time MP to become the number two in Kenya's leadership, after Ruto picked him as his running mate in the August 2022 election.
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