Kenya’s deputy president pleads not guilty in impeachment process

Kenya’s deputy president Rigathi Gachagua addresses the media in Nairobi, Kenya (Andrew Kasuku/AP)

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

Deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, who has called the allegations politically motivated, could be the first sitting deputy president impeached in Kenya.