All smiles for Sonko As Court Take him back to Ballot
Good news to former Nairobi Governor Mike “Mbuvi’ Sonko after a High Court in Mombasa has today ordered the electoral commission to accept his nomination and directed it to gazette Sonko, who is eying the Mombasa governor seat.
The court ruled that Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission acted unreasonably to disqualify Sonko from vying for Mombasa gubernatorial seat.
“They violated the Constitution and rushed with the announcement,” the court said.
The Wiper man took IEBC to court for disqualifying him from the Mombasa race due to a gross violation of Article 75 of the Constitution. This led to his ousting as the city boss.
He then moved to court to stop the Wiper Party from submitting the names of other candidates and at the same time stop IEBC from gazetting and printing the ballots for the Mombasa governor race, until his fate is known.
His call was accepted following the three-judge bench issuing of his orders against IEBC to stop gazettement and printing of ballot papers.
This comes a day after Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was seen with President Uhuru Kenyatta and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino visited development projects in Embakasi East and campaigned together for Azimio presidental candidate Hon Raila Amolo Odinga.
What does this photo teach you about politics? Sonko goes back to singing Uhuru’s praise songs. Former Nairobi governor, Mike Sonko, joined Uhuru Kenyatta on a tour of Embakasi, where he lauded his development projects.
Uhuru and Sonko bitterly fell out in 2020 after the flamboyant politician was impeached by members of the county assembly as governor.
