Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua (born 28 February 1965) is a Kenyan politician who was the 12th deputy president of Kenya from 2022 until his impeachment on October 17, 2024 [1]. As a member of the Jubilee Party, Gachagua served as Member of Parliament for Mathira from 2017 to …

Oct 17, 2024 · The Kenyan Senate has voted to oust Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a historic impeachment vote. The upper house has so far voted on Thursday to impeach the 59-year-old on five charges out...

Oct 18, 2024 · Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been removed from office after he was impeached in a historic vote in the country’s Senate on Thursday night. Gachagua becomes the first deputy...

Oct 18, 2024 · Kenyan senators have voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office despite his failure to testify at his impeachment trial after his lawyer said he had been taken to hospital.

Oct 17, 2024 · Kenya’s Senate has voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office in an impeachment trial on corruption and other allegations, hours after the deputy president was taken to the hospital with chest pains.

Oct 17, 2024 · Gachagua is accused of acquiring assets worth 5.2bn Kenyan shillings ($40m; £31m) in the two years since he became deputy president - allegedly acquired through corrupt means.

Oct 1, 2024 · Kenya's embattled Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, calls himself the “truthful man”, attributing his remarkable rise to the fact that he speaks truth to power. But as he faces impeachment...

Oct 16, 2024 · Kenya's parliament has begun the final step to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office just two years after he was elected on a joint ticket with the president.

May 19, 2023 · Rigathi Gachagua was born in 1965 in Hiriga village, Mathira Constituency, Nyeri County. He served as Kenya’s second Deputy President from September 2022 to October 31, 2024. Members of Parliament impeached Gachagua.

Oct 8, 2024 · 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, paving the way for...