Chief Justice David Maraga at the Supreme Court on October 25, 2017 during the hearing of an application seeking to stop the repeat presidential election. The court lacked a quorum to proceed with the case. [Photo: nation.co.ke]When Chief Justice David Maraga entered the Supreme Court chamber alone like a decorated general showing up in the war zone alone, after he had been deserted by his troops, it wasn't alive to many that this would be the briefest session in Kenya's Supreme Court history as yet.Attorney-General Githu Muigai would first introduce all the lawyers in court, then Maraga who is also the president of the Supreme Court would proceed to give a raft of 'excuses' why he was all alone in the court chamber, writes the Nation."Regrettably, this matter cannot proceed to hearing this morning. Following the events of last night, [Deputy Chief Justice Philomena] Mwilu is not in a position to come to court. Jackton] Ojwang and [Smokin] Wanjala are not able to come to court. Njoki [Ndung'u] is out of Nairobi and has not been able to get a flight back in time for the hearing," Maraga said on Wednesday as quoted by the StarHe added: "That leaves [Isaac] Lenaola and I. The two of us cannot form the quorum for this matter so it cannot be heard this morning. It is adjourned to a date to be taken to the registry. I apologise."With that, the court adjourned making the session the most brief in the court's history since it was established by the 2010 constitution.Such occurrences are rare to occur under normal circumstances and Maraga may have been the 'privileged' judge to chair such a session in many years to come.Speculations are, however, rife that some political players may have pressured to prevent the case from going on to avoid a situation where the election is postponed.

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