Running low on options to avoid testifying in his impeachment trial, Kenya Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday tried the old “too sick to be impeached” excuse, and checked into a hospital in order to duck the angry senators who want him removed from office yesterday, the BBC reports.
“The sad reality is that the deputy president of the Republic of Kenya has been taken sick, very sick, and is… in hospital,” said Gachagua’s lawyer Paul Muite. The Senate rejected a proposal to extend the trial another few days and will continue without Gachagua present. The deputy president is facing removal over the usual corruption and bribery charges common to African politics.