Kenya’s Senate on Thursday voted to sack Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment. Gachagua, who pled not guilty to the charges of corruption, abuse of office, and inciting ethnic divisions, became the first sitting deputy president in the country to be removed from office by impeachment.

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been impeached by the Senate. Gachagua stood impeached after senators took a vote on the first charge, accusing him of undermining national unity. According to the tally,