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Supreme Court throws out Mike Sonko case for lack of 'concrete evidence'

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

The Supreme Court has thrown out an application filed by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko seeking a review of its judgment affirming his impeachment.

A seven-judge bench composed of Chief Justice Martha Koome, her deputy Philomena Mwilu, and Justices Mohamed Ibrahim, Smokin Wanjala, Njoki Ndung'u, Isaac Lenaola, and William Ouko unanimously agreed that Sonko had not shown that his alleged new evidence would sway the judges to reverse the verdict.

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