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Court told Sonko charges 'hatched at State House'

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko before the Milimani Law Courts, Nairobi, on August 15, 2024. [File, Standard]

Former Nairobi County Finance CEC Winfred Gathagu has told the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court that the graft charges facing former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko were part of a broader plot orchestrated at State House to remove him from office.

Testifying before Milimani Principal Magistrate Charles Ondieki, Gathagu revealed that senior State House officials approached her and other county executives in 2019, urging them to help fabricate criminal charges and support Sonko’s impeachment because he was fighting corruption at City Hall.

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