The court was forced to stop the Impeachment case of Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza and immediately ordered the arrest of one witness in the case.
According to reports, the court was forced to suspend proceedings of the Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza after one of the witness who is also a resident of Meru disrupted the proceedings.
Reports indicate that the judge was offended after the witness made contemptuous sentiments during the proceedings and moved the hearing of the case to 25th September.
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However, in addition to the ruling of postponement, the court directed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers to arrest the witness and avail him before the court for the sentiments made.
Despite attempts to reverse the decision fell in deaf ears as the judge said that it was impossible to reverse the decision since the parties had already left the courtroom after the directions.
“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. I cannot reverse myself because the parties have already left. The best I can do is to give you that opportunity tomorrow.”
However, the accused person who made the remarks claimed that he was new to the courtroom and that it was his first time attending such a session and that’s why he behaved in the manner that he behaved.
This comes after Kawira Mwangaza moved to court to appeal the Senate’s decision to impeach her on grounds of gross misconduct among other accusations after which she remained the Governor despite Impeachment