Sonko has a case to answer in City Hall revenue tender saga

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko at Milimani Law Courts on August 15, 2024. [File, Standard]

The Anti-Corruption Chief Magistrate Charles Ondieki has found that former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has a case to answer in 11 charges related to the Sh20 million corruption case involving a revenue tender at City Hall.

Magistrate Ondieki placed Sonko and his co-accused, businessman Antony Ombok Jamal, on their defense after finding that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had proven 11 charges of abuse of office, conflict of interest, money laundering, and acquisition of proceeds of crime against them.

The magistrate ruled that the charges were neither defective nor unlawful.

Ondieki acquitted Sonko and Ombok on two charges of conspiracy to commit a corruption offense, declaring them as duplicates.

They were accused of allegedly extorting Sh10 million as an inducement to facilitate payments to a software development company by Nairobi County, thereby improperly conferring a benefit to themselves.

Sonko has since indicated that he will call four officers from the DCI and 11 others to support his defense.