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 antigovernment demonstrations – which turned deadly – as well as an involvement in corruption, undermining government and promoting ethnically divisive politics.

The deputy president has dismissed the allegations. This is the culmination of a major fallout between Gachagua and President William Ruto, reports the BBC.

Yesterday, the speaker of the National Assembly allowed the impeachment proceedings to begin after a motion to start things off was backed by 291 MPs, way over the threshold of the 117 MPs required.

The impeachment itself is expected to sail through both houses of parliament easily, after the main opposition joined forces with the president’s party following the recent protests.

But there is no date yet for when that will actually take place. Multiple efforts to stop the impeachment attempt through the courts failed.