Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday filed a petition to a court in Nairobi seeking to halt an impeachment process launched against him by lawmakers earlier this week, Kenyan media reported.

The Kenyan parliament has tabled a motion to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua for violation of the constitution amid suggestions that he had fallen out with President William Ruto. Allies of Kenyan President William Ruto began a motion to impeach the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in an unprecedented political move on Tuesday.

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been threatened with impeachment proceedings by lawmakers amid intense speculation that he has had a major fallout with President William Ruto.

Allies of Kenyan President William Ruto launched a motion in parliament on Tuesday to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, accusing him of stirring ethnic hatred and undermining the government.

Kenya’s National Assembly on Tuesday received an impeachment motion against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, a process that threatens William Ruto’s economic agenda which is already on the ropes after deadly protests.

Members of parliament in Kenya have started the process of removing the country's deputy president from office. Those who back the effort accuse Rigathi Gachagua of having a role in June's violent anti-government demonstrations,