Gachagua and the State clash over Mwilu's night decision

Senior lawyer Paul Muite (right) claimed that Mwilu sat in the middle of the night on Saturday. At the same time, he argued that the bench's sitting on a Saturday was also a gross violation of the Constitution. [David Gichuru, Standard]

The question of whether the three-judge bench put together by Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu was properly constituted was the first hurdle on Tuesday in the impeachment hearings on impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

Gachagua urged three judges empaneled by Mwilu to withdraw from three cases placed before them on Friday last week.