This archive report was first published on 7 December 2019.
On Friday, Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko was arrested over corruption allegations, and now the National Police Service is planning to charge him with assault.
According to a statement from the Director of Corporate Communications in the National Police Service, Charles Owino, the Governor will be charged with assault after he allegedly assaulted a senior police officer during his arrest.
During the arrest, Sonko became abusive, unruly, and violent in an attempt to resist arrest, obstructing police officers from executing their duties.
He also assaulted and injured the senior police officer leading the team and damaged media equipment, said Owino.
The National Police Service assured the public that the case against Governor Sonko will be processed in accordance with the law and urged Kenyans to remain calm and not be intimidated by social media messages in circulation.
Sonko was arrested at Ndii area in Voi sub-county along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway while on his way to Mombasa, hours after an arrest warrant was issued against him by the office of Director of Public Prosecutions over misappropriation of Ksh 357 million.
He is expected to be arraigned in court on Monday after his efforts to secure an anticipatory bail flopped as the high court denied him bail.
