The impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua as Ruto's deputy president meanwhile has in effect collapsed the UDA of which Gachagua was deputy leader though he has now been expelled (AC Vol 65 No 22 Ruto's impeachment of his Deputy starts to backfire)...
Kithure Kindiki the interior cabinet secretary during the protests has now been elevated to the deputy presidency following the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua (AC Vol 65 No 22 Ruto's impeachment of his Deputy starts to backfire)...
For all the ‘sturm und drang' over the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua it is still unclear why he and President William Samoei Ruto fell out...
The confirmation of Rigathi Gachagua's defenestration as deputy president by the Senate as Africa Confidential went to press has left Mount Kenya and the Gikuyu community weighing up next steps (AC Vol 65 No 20 The deputy takes the fall)...
Out of 345 seats currently occupied in the National Assembly 293 MPs voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua comfortably above the two-thirds majority needed...
Azimio's titular leader Musyoka is among a group of political kingpins led by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua – also the deputy leader of Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) – who has effectively been frozen out of government by Ruto...
Trouble on the mountain Exiled from his own government by President William Ruto's deal with Raila Odinga Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is struggling to retain his status as Mount Kenya's political leader (AC Vol 63 No 12 Now the numbers favour Raila Odinga)...
The odd man out in the latest round of political musical chairs is Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua as Kenya's political parties realign to prepare for the 2027 elections...
When Ruto took office in September 2022 the cases against his allies including Vice-President Rigathi Gachagua were swiftly abandoned...
While Odinga is not personally in government he has become the de facto deputy president confirming the marginalisation of Ruto's official deputy Rigathi Gachagua (AC Vol 65 No 6 It's the politics that counts)...
After dismissing his government with the exception of Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi who also serves as Foreign Minister and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua whose position is protected by the constitution Ruto announced that a week of talks would start on 15 July aimed at forming a ‘broad-based' unity government...
The large number of kidnappings cases of torture and murders of activists are a grisly reminder of the tactics used by former President Daniel arap Moi the political mentor of Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua under whom dissidents were routinely arrested tortured and killed...