Former Nairobi Governor Miko Sonko has stated that he is still involved in government and provides advice on a variety of pertinent issues.
Sonko claims he has been a member of the government since joining the Kenya Kwanza brigade during the 2022 election period and has been involved in the affairs of the coalition since then.
“Everybody knows I was in Kenya Kwanza, I campaigned for the president so I can say I am in government even though I am not a minister and I do not appear anywhere in the cabinet or government parastatal but I still have some small political muscles in this government,” he said in a Wednesday interview with NTV.
“I can advise on some things and contribute on any important issue.”
Concerning his impeachment case, which barred him from running for political office in the 2022 elections, Sonko stated that he still intends to return to politics, noting that he has not exhausted all avenues of appeal to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision.
Sonko was impeached by the Nairobi County Assembly in December 2020 on charges of gross misconduct and abuse of office.
He maintained his innocence and claimed that his removal from office was politically motivated.
“In law there is a saying that every accused person is innocent until they are proven guilty. Actually, I did not exhaust the avenues of the law as provided for in our constitution,” he said.
“I exhausted my appeals to the Supreme Court level, however, everyone saw what happened in my impeachment. It was politically instigated because the law is clear that once you get any new evidence you are allowed to go back to court.”
In July 2022, Sonko defected from the opposition and joined the ruling government, claiming that Kenya Kwanza arranged a deal with him to persuade him to switch sides.
Sonko enlisted his supporters to help him choose the best option by listing all of the positions offered by the UDA outfit.
“Below are positions offered to me and my people as captured in the engagement agreement/MOU; one CS National Government, three PSs National Government, four Ambassadors, three CEC’s Mombasa County, three Chief officers Mombasa County, two CEC’s Nairobi county and three Chief officers in Mombasa County,” he stated in an Instagram post.
