Kenya’s president nominates interior minister as new deputy but high court orders halt to process

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president has nominated the country’s interior minister as his new deputy. It came hours after Rigathi Gachagua was overwhelmingly voted out as deputy president in an impeachment motion in parliament over allegations of corruption and inciting ethnic division. President William Ruto on Friday named Kithure Kindiki to the National Assembly after Gachagua was impeached while he was in the hospital. Kindiki’s appointment was approved by an Assembly vote of 236 to 0. However, the High Court later issued an order stopping Gachagua’s replacement until next Thursday when cases filed against the impeachment will be heard.