This archive report was first published on 6 December 2019.
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was dramatically arrested on Friday afternoon at Ndii area in Voi Sub-county along Nairobi-Mombasa Highway while on the run to Mombasa, hours after an arrest warrant was issued against him by the office of Director of Public Prosecution over misappropriation of 357 million shillings.
According to the Director of Public Prosecution, his office has enough evidence to charge the governor over his involvement in graft.
High Court judge Justice John Onyiengo denied Sonko anticipatory bail, stating that the governor did not prove to the court how his constitutional rights were being violated.
Onyiengo's ruling was delivered on December 6, 2019, and the case will be up for hearing on Monday, the 9th.
Other charges facing the governor include unlawful acquisition of public property, deceiving principal, money laundering, and acquisition of proceeds of crime.
