The Supreme Court through the Registrar Letizia Wachira has confirmed that former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko filed an appeal challenging his impeachment within the Constitutional timeline.
In a letter dated June 21, 2022, Wachira says the appeal was lodged in the court system on May 4 and the hard copy of the petition was presented to the registry on May 20, 2022.
Lawyer Duncan Okatch had protested to the Supreme Court Registrar claiming that there was an alteration made in the e-filing system regarding the period Sonko’s appeal was filed.
The Registrar is however clear that there was no change or attempts to change the filling dates.
“The import of this letter is to inform you that not only did the petitioner (Sonko) fail to comply with the Supreme Court Rules with regards to the Appeals timelines, but has also interfered with the Judiciary E-filing system,” Okatch said in the letter.
