Will Mike Sonko's bid yield the results he badly wants?

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko addresses Azimio la Umoja supporters during a public rally at Bomani, Likoni in Mombasa on July 24, 2022. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

The Supreme Court is today set to hear an application by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, seeking a review of the court’s decision which dismissed his December 2020 impeachment case.

In its verdict, delivered on July 15, the court reversed the reprieve the High Court had given Sonko only two days earlier, when it ordered the electoral commission to return his name on the ballot in the race for Mombasa governor seat.

The High Court had sustained Sonko’s argument that despite his impeachment under Article 75 (3) of the Constitution, he was eligible to vie because Article 99 (3) allowed him to contest polls due to a pending appeal at the Supreme Court.