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Sonko criticises colleagues over immunity plea

Nairobi Governor MikeSonko when he appeared before Senate Public Accounts and Investment Committee regarding the Ruaraka land saga. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has differed with his colleagues calling for immunity against prosecution while in office.

Sonko said governors were public servants, and they were not at the level of the president to warrant being given immunity. The county chiefs should be subjected to civil and criminal legal proceedings, he said.

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