The Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of Nairobi county governor Mike Sonko over allegations of corruption.
Haji says his office has sufficient evidence to prosecute Sonko and several county employees over alleged graft.
Other than Sonko, the DPP ordered the arrest and charging of county secretary Peter Mbugua, members of the county tender committee Patrick Mwangangi, Samuel Ndung’u, Edwin Kariuki, Lawrence Mwangi, Preston Miriti among others.
According to Haji, the governor and his staff face charges of conspiracy to commit economic crimes, willful failure to comply with the law and conflict of interest.
Other crimes Sonko will be charged with are conflicts of interest arising from having received monies from the county while serving as governor, unlawful acquisition of public property, money laundering and other economic crimes.
“Investigation into these crimes have been challenging because of the repeated attempt by the accused to obstruct the cause of the investigations by deploying investigation tactics in addition to using goons to threaten law enforcement officials carrying out their constitutional mandate,” Haji said at a media briefing.
The DPP has at the same time warned Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and his Samburu counterpart Moses Lenolkulal against opening parallel offices and abide by a ruling by Deputy Speaker of Senate Kindiki Kithure.
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