The Court was on Tuesday forced to suspend proceedings on Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza's impeachment case after one of the witnesses, a Meru voter, disrupted the court session.
The court adjourned the hearing to September 25, after the judge deemed the witness to have made contemptuous sentiments which the judge took offence to.
While issuing direction on the matter, the court directed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers to arrest the witness and avail him before the court.
The judge observed that it was impossible to reverse the court decision since the parties involved in the case had already left the courtroom.
"I have already closed by file and the counsel in the matter has left. You are going to log in tomorrow and explain to me why you said those words and I will deal with it," the judge said.
"I cannot reverse myself because the parties have already left. The best I can do is to give you that opportunity tomorrow."
In his defence, the accused person claimed that he was new to the courtroom and that it was his first time attending such a session.
On August 21, Kawira Mwangaza moved to court to appeal the Senate's decision to impeach her on grounds of gross misconduct among other accusations.
In her application, the governor urged the court to issue an injunction against her impeachment until the case is heard and determined.
Following the application, the court in Nairobi issued several key orders, most notably the suspension of the Senate's resolution to remove Governor Mwangaza from office.
The court also restrained the Speaker of the Senate or any other authority from declaring a vacancy in the office of the Meru governor until the matter before it is heard and determined.
"Pending the inter partes hearing and determination of the Application dated 21/08/2024, a conservatory order be and is hereby issued staying the furtherance or the implementation of the Resolution of the Senate removing the Governor of Meru County, Hon. Kawira Mwangaza, from Office by way of impeachment," the ruling by Justice Bahati Mwamuye read in part.
