The man who was the face of the Kenyan government in the aftermath of the police’s deadly crackdown on recent anti-tax protests is set to become the country’s next deputy president. Parliament has approved the nomination of the softly spoken Kithure Kindiki to fill the vacant role, after senators ousted Rigathi Gachagua in a dramatic … Read more
Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency project, World Liberty Financial, released a 13-page document on Thursday outlining its goals, token allocation, and the potential revenue distribution, which suggested that Trump and his family could receive 75% of the net profits. The document, known as the “World Liberty Gold Paper,” revealed that the Trump family would be granted 22.5 … Read more
Kenyan senators have voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office despite his failure to testify at his impeachment trial after his lawyer said he had been taken to hospital. In one of the most dramatic days in Kenya’s recent political history, Gachagua had been due to appear in the Senate after lunch to … Read more
The refusal of the senators to postpone proceedings until Saturday – for as long as legally allowed – demonstrates their determination to remove Gachagua, several months after his fallout with President William Ruto. Last week, a vast majority of MPs in the National Assembly – the lower house of parliament – voted to impeach him, … Read more