The unprecedented impeachment of his deputy leaves President Ruto holding all the cards - for now.
Losing a deputy just two years after being elected on a joint ticket could be seen as a big blow for a president, but not this time in Kenya.
The process of impeachment has had many following with interest as the two houses of parliament, the courts and finally the executive appeared to carry out their roles following a carefully prescribed legal process.There was initially a sense of betrayal and disappointment especially from Gachagua’s home region of Mount Kenya, but by Friday morning this was replaced by a sense of acceptance as the man chosen to replace him, Kithure Kindiki, is from the same region.
He was accused by parliament of, among other things, promoting ethnically divisive politics when he was expected to be a national unifier. Kindiki was already well known in Kenya, having served as deputy speaker before being removed from the post in a purge instigated by Kenyatta against Ruto’s allies.
The success of this process has also relied heavily on Ruto’s new alliance with his bitter enemy from the last election, Odinga, whose MPs and senators voted overwhelmingly to remove Gachagua from office.
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