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Kenya court to hear challenge to Gachagua's impeachment

Impeached DP Rigathi Gachagua at Senate chambers, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A Kenyan High Court is due Tuesday to hear an impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua appeal over his ouster in an unprecedented Senate vote last week.

In fast-moving political drama, the court on Friday ordered the impeachment to be put on hold, only minutes after parliament had approved his replacement, Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki.

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