This archive report was first published on 20 December 2019.
On December 20, 2019, the Court of Appeal upheld a ruling by Justice Mumbi Ngugi that governors facing graft charges should be barred from accessing their offices.
According to the ruling, elected officials should not access their offices until their cases are heard and determined.
Several governors, including Moses Lenolkulal (Samburu), Ferdinand Waititu (Kiambu), and Mike Sonko (Nairobi), had sought the Appellate court's reprieve to gain access to their offices.
Justice Ngugi's ruling in July instructed that elected executives cannot continue to attend to office functions when facing corruption-related charges.
Other governors who could be affected by the ruling include Sospeter Ojaamong' (Busia) and Okoth Obado (Migori), who are both facing graft charges.
Lawyer Ahmednassir Abdullahi opined that embattled governor Waititu could operate outside his barred Kiambu office, suggesting that he could open a new office and continue discharging his constitutional duties as governor.
