Blow To Sonko As IEBC Insists He Must Exhaust All Avenues Of Appealing His Impeachment

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Former Nairobi County Governor Mike Sonko might not be cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to vie for the Mombasa County Governors seat

According to IEBC Commissioner Abdi Guliyo who was speaking to Citizen Tv, Sonko will not be cleared if he has exhausted all avenues of appeal as per his impeachment.

“The law guides us that if you have been found to be culpable by a competent court of law to have been impeached sufficiently for any irregularities in performance of your duty then you can still be eligible to vie if you apply the correct legal mechanisms,” said Guliye.

“But if all those appeal mechanisms have been exhausted and therefore the final verdict is uncontested, then you shouldn’t run.”

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Mike Sonko who has switched parties  from Jubilee to Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper Party was stripped off his powers by the Nairobi County Assembly in December 2020 on allegations of gross violation of the constitution, abuse of office, misconduct and crimes against national law.

The flashy governor before his impeachment had surrendered key county functions to the national government at State House. President Uhuru Kenyatta, Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka, and Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa were present

State House Spokesperson Kanze Dena said that the national government will take over county health services, county transport services, county public works, utilities and ancillary services as well as county government planning and development.

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“In a land mark agreement signed at State House today, Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko and Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa in concurrence with President Uhuru Kenyatta, signed an agreement, handing over functions of the Nairobi County Government to the National Government, pursuant to Article 187 of the Constitution,” said State House Spokesperson Kanze Dena said then in a statement.

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