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So near yet so far: Where the rain started beating Mike Sonko

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on phone at a Milimani court. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

What promises to be the last nail on former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s political coffin was hammered yesterday after the Supreme court upheld his 2020 impeachment.

Prior to the verdict, Sonko had sought reprieve from the High Court and the Court of Appeal and when those avenues failed, he lodged his case with the highest court in the land.

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