Kenya’s Senate has voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office in an impeachment trial on corruption and other allegations, hours after the deputy president was taken to the hospital with chest pains.

The deputy president faces 11 charges including corruption, inciting ethnic divisions and undermining government - all of which he denies. The row follows his recent fallout with

Rigathi Gachagua has pleaded not guilty to all allegations against him including corruption, inciting ethnic divisions and support for anti-government protests that saw demonstrators storm parliament