Consequently, Senate Speaker Amason Kingi suspended the House proceedings for an hour and directed that the House reconvene from 5pm Thursday.
“We will suspend this sitting and resume at exactly 5pm. We expect the Deputy President to take the witness stand at 5pm,” he ruled.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who was undergoing an impeachment trial at the Senate, has been taken ill.
His lawyers, led by Senior Counsel Paul Muite, on Thursday afternoon informed the House that Mr Gachagua, who attended the Wednesday and Thursday morning sessions, had been admitted to a Nairobi hospital, and was not available to be cross-examined.
