Rigathi Gachagua now lies with the Senate after the courts declined to issue orders to stop the ongoing impeachment motion tabled against him. The Senate will hold hearings on October 16th and 17th before voting on the 11 impeachment charges to determine Gachagua’s fate.

Kenya’s Senate began debating the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Wednesday after he lost another court bid to halt the proceedings. The country’s Lower House of parliament had last week voted decisively to impeach Gachagua on 11 charges,

Kenya’s deputy president, who faces impeachment, pleaded not guilty in a senate hearing Wednesday to all allegations including corruption, inciting ethnic divisions and support for anti-government protests that saw demonstrators storm the country's parliament.