Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi has been appointed acting Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior.
The move follows the nomination of Kithure Kindiki as the Deputy President after MPs ousted Rigathi Gachagua from office.
Gachagua was removed from office on October 17, and Kindiki was nominated by President William Ruto the following day. On Thursday, the High Court in Nairobi cleared the way for a new Deputy President to take office as a court case challenging the impeachment of Gachagua continues.
The three-judge High Court in Nairobi set aside another court's order to suspend the swearing-in of Kindiki, arguing that the suspension created a political vacuum.
Gachagua was impeached and removed from office by a vote of more than two-thirds of legislators on charges of corruption, inciting ethnic divisions, and support for anti-government protests.
Impeached DP Gachagua is challenging the impeachment before the High Court in Nairobi, arguing that the charges were unsubstantiated and that the hearings were unfair.
