This archive report was first published on 9 December 2019.
On December 9, 2019, Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was arraigned before Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti at the Mlimani Law Courts.
He was charged alongside eight other Nairobi County Government officials in a Sh357 million fraud case, which involves the irregular procurement payment of over Ksh.357 million.
Prosecutor Haji led the ODPP, which is leading the prosecution in the case, and opposed Sonko's bail application, but had no objection to the release of the other accused persons on bail.
Sonko and his co-accused pleaded not guilty to charges of deceiving the principal, money laundering, acquisition of proceeds of crime, corruption, failure to comply with procurement laws, conflict of interest, abuse of office, and unlawful acquisition of public property.
