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| Nairobi Governor, Mike Sonko |
By Joel
Mboga, NAIROBI Kenya
Kenya’s public
prosecutor has ordered the immediate arrest and arraignment of Nairobi Governor,
Mike Sonko, for alleged corruption.
The Nairobi City County boss and others are
expected to be dragged to the anti-corruption court on Friday to face charges
over the loss of Kenya Sh357 million ($3.51 Million).
Other City Hall officials in the soup are
county secretary Peter Mbugua, members of the tender committee Patrick
Mwangangi, Samuel Ndung'u, Edwin Kariuki, Lawrence Mwangi, and Preston Miriti
among others.
The governor and the officials will face
charges of conspiracy to commit economic crime, wilful failure to comply with
the law and conflict of interest.
Director of Public Prosecutions, Noordin Haji,
said investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) had
yielded sufficient evidence to sustain the charges.
Law enforcement agencies have been
ordered to investigate attempts to hinder the investigation.
This comes a few weeks after Sonko
failed to stop the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) from
investigating him over claims of corruption.
The agency is also investigating
the governor over alleged past criminal records.
The governor wanted the court to
temporarily restrain the commission from prosecuting him, but Justice James
Makau declined to issue the order.
Instead, Makau transferred the
case to the anti-corruption division of the High Court.
Haji said Sonko will also be
questioned over unlawful acquisition of property and money laundering, among
other economic crimes. - Africa
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