This archive report was first published on 17 December 2019.
On December 6, Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko was arrested at a Voi roadblock after a wild goose chase by EACC detectives who raided several of his premises in Nairobi without success.
According to police, Sonko resisted arrest and was accused of being unruly, abusive, and violent, obstructing police officers from the lawful execution of their duties.
He is set to face three counts in court, including resisting police arrest and disorderly conduct, and is accused of assaulting Coast Regional Police Commander Rashid Yakub by kicking him on the thigh and insulting others during his dramatic arrest.
On the same day, Sonko had thrown a number of EACC detectives on a wild goose chase, but it took the intervention of detectives tracking his number to find him on the Nairobi–Mombasa highway enroute to Mombasa.
A roadblock was immediately mounted, nabbing the governor who was dramatically airlifted back to Nairobi to face the law.
As Sonko faces assault charges in Voi, a planned impeachment motion against him has been shelved, with both the governor and the Nairobi MCAs awaiting a ruling on Friday that will determine whether Sonko can be allowed back in office.
