Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has suffered a major blow after the supreme court upheld his impeachment.
The ruling now means Sonko will not be cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to contest for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat.
In the ruling issued on Friday, July 15, the supremer court ruled that Sonko was properly impeached.
"The impeachment proceedings before the County Assembly and the Senate were properly conducted in accordance with Article 181 of the Constitution, Section 33 of the County Governments Act, and Standing Orders of the Assembly and the Senate.
"The appellant was accorded adequate time and facility to respond to the charges against him both at the county assembly and in the Senate," the ruling read in part.
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The court also concluded that there was enough public participation in the impeachment process.
"There was sufficient public participation, the intended tabling of the motion for the impeachment of the appellant was not only advertised in a local daily newspaper with wide circulation, in response to which people submitted memoranda, but also a survey was conducted in the county in the form of questionnaires. This was in addition to the fact that the proceedings were conducted in public," the Court ruled.
The ruling comes barely two days after the High Court cleared Sonko to vie for the Mombasa Mombasa gubernatorial seat in the August polls.
Sonko was impeached by 88 Nairobi Members of the County Assembly in December 2020.
The case would later proceed to the Senate where they upheld the decision.
