Political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi has opposed an application by the prosecution to amend the charge sheet in a hate speech case against him.
The prosecution made the application after former Law Society of Kenya director Apollo Mboya completed his testimony.
Earlier, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission rejected a request by Ngunyi to settle the matter out of court.
It said the case should proceed to full hearing for justice to prevail. Ngunyi is charged with posting messages of ethnic contempt and disparaging opposition leader Raila Odinga and the Luo community. He apologised for referring to Luos as "poverty stricken".
"I apologise to the Luo nation unreservedly. No harm intended," Ngunyi said via Twitter. The magistrate adjourned her ruling until February 20, when she will deliver.
He further said that he is a product of Luo scholars whom he respect immensely.
The accused was arrested in the year 2015 and charged after former LSK CEO Mboya petitioned for a probe into Ngunyi over alleged hate speech against a particular community.
Mboya wrote to the National Cohesion and Integration Commission seeking investigations into the political analyst's tweets.
In a letter dated August 24,2015 Mboya said Ngunyi’s tweets were "lacking individuality and in a state of mental slavery".
He added that they were intended to incite feelings of "contempt, hatred, hostility and violence".
While issuing the remark, Ngunyi is alleged to have told off Cord leader saying he should be arraigned in court and tried over the Kenya-Uganda sugar deal
He has denied the charge of posting the messages on his Twitter page and is out on a Sh200,000 bond.
The magistrate adjourned her ruling until February 20, when she will deliver.