Kenya’s new Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has been sworn-in after a court lifted orders barring his inauguration following weeks of legal challenges by his predecessor, who was impeached by the parliament.
The Senate voted to remove Rigathi Gachagua, the previous deputy president, from office in October on charges including corruption and stirring ethnic hatred accusations.
Kenya’s High Court had put Kindiki’s inauguration on hold after Gachagua and his supporters filed more than thirty court challenges to prevent his dismissal and replacement.
But the stay order was lifted with judges saying that the deputy president position should not remain vacant according to the constitution.
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