More Troubles for Sonko as Supreme Court Upholds His Impeachment

In the ruling, the apex court agreed with the decisions of the lower courts upholding his removal from office by the Senate.

The seven-judge bench led by Chief Justice Martha Koome said they dismissed Sonko's appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

"The Court lacked jurisdiction to determine the appeal. However, in view of the public interest nature of the dispute, the need for due guidance to the judicial process and to the courts below, and for the sake of posterity and development of jurisprudence the Court (the majority) has decided to settle all the pertinent questions the appeal raises, instead of downing tools on account of want of jurisdiction," the document read.

"There were four counts of impeachable charges against the appellant. The County Assembly, the Senate, and the two superior courts below were convinced that the charges were proved to the standard required in such circumstances. No error for their analysis and conclusion has been presented."

The Supreme Court heard the appeal where parties argued their cases with Sonko insisting his impeachment did not meet the threshold set under the Constitution.

The appeal was heard on the day Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) cleared him to run for Mombasa Governor’s seat in the August polls.

On December 3, 2020, Sonko was impeached by 88 Nairobi Members of the County Assembly.

The case later proceeded to the Senate, as is required by the Constitution on December 17, 2020, where they upheld the resolution to remove him from office.