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DPP Haji appeals Sonko acquittal in Sh20m corruption case

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko (centre) outside Milimani Law Courts, July 18, 2022. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko's freedom might be short-lived after the Director of Public Prosecution appealed his acquittal in the Sh20million corruption case.

DPP Noordin Haji argues that anti-corruption chief magistrate Douglas Ogoti made a mistake in acquitting Sonko and his co-accused Anthony Otieno Ombok by relying on an outdated charge sheet to find that the two were innocent.

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