This archive report was first published on 11 December 2019.
On December 11, 2019, the prosecution in the graft case against Mike Sonko requested that senators representing the Nairobi governor be barred from addressing the court.
The request was made by State lawyer Joseph Gitonga, who argued that the senators were acting in conflict of interest.
Gitonga stated, "We will file a formal application seeking to block senators present in this court from addressing the court in this matter."
The request came after Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen sought the court's intervention in protecting Sonko from any impending arrest due to his ill health.
Magistrate Douglas Ogoti dismissed Murkomen's fears as unfounded, adding that he would have issued the bond terms even if Sonko was not in court.
Sonko was hospitalized at the Kenyatta National Hospital earlier in the week due to ill health.
The senators representing Sonko include Elgeyo-Marakwet's Kipchumba Murkomen and Makueni's Mutula Kilonzo Jr.
Other legislators representing Sonko are Makueni MP Daniel Maanzo and Ben Momanyi (Borabu).
The case will come up in court on January 15.
