Nairobi governor Mike Sonko suffered a major blow after the Senate rejected attempts to block impeachment proceedings arguing the process was unconstitutional.
Mr Sonko wanted senators to terminate the charges against him on grounds of procedural technicalities and that the matter is pending in court.
But Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka threw out Mr Sonko’s preliminary objection that the impeachment proceedings was subjudice as the matter under consideration were live in court.
He also dismissed Mr Sonko’s prayer to the Senate to halt the trail on grounds that the County Assembly did not follow its own procedure or comply with the laws governing impeachment.
“I so rule, that...both procedural and substantive should be properly subsumed in the evidence of either party and presented at the time allocated to that party,” Mr Lusaka ruled.
The Senate commenced impeachment proceedings against Mr Sonko after 88 out of Nairobi’s 122 MCAs voted on December 3 to impeach the governor on grounds of gross violation of the Constitution and other laws, abuse of office, commission of crimes and lacking the mental capability to run the county government.
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