A big blow as many senators fail to attend a morning setting at the senate.
This raises questions since they are expected to start tabling Gachagu’s impeachment motion on 16th October.
The Senate has recently been forced to adjourn a sitting due to a lack of quorum.
Lawmakers were set to discuss a raft of issues but most senators were a no-show with hardly any legislator present at the chambers.
“The Senate of Kenya morning session has been adjourned due to lack of quorum pursuant to the Senate Standing Order 40 subsection 2.”
According to the standing orders of the Senate, for the House to transact or do any business of the day there has to be a minimum of 15 senators present in the Chamber.
This comes even as the Senate is set to hear the impeachment case against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on October 16 and October 17.
The Senate is now the key determiner on whether Gachagua will remain in office after the National Assembly voted to kick him out last week.
The deputy president can, however, be saved by the courts.
DP Gachagua is facing 11 accusations including; gross violation of the Constitution, insubordination, unlawful acquisition of wealth and threatening national unity through making divisive statements in public.
Gachagua has however filed a case in court seeking orders to have the Senate blocked from debating his impeachment.
The High Court is expected to rule on Tuesday at 2:30 PM on whether to suspend the impeachment trial .
