The Supreme Court has slated former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s bid to review an impeachment verdict by the court, for directions on 25 July.
Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, Bernard Kasavuli, directed the respondents, who include the Nairobi County Assembly and 11 others, to file and serve their reply and submissions within 7 days upon service.
“The Notice of Motion Application dated 18th day of July 2022 filed online on 18th July 2022 to be served on the respondents forthwith. The respondents do file and serve their reply and submissions within 7 days upon service,” Kasavuli said.
Monday’s directive came after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) revoked Sonko’s candidature in the Mombasa Gubernatorial race following the Supreme Court ruling that upheld his impeachment as Nairobi Governor.
The decision to revoke Sonko’s nomination certificate issued just a week earlier, was communicated by the commission’s Mombasa Returning Officer Swalhah Yusuf.
“In adherence to the Supreme Court judgment, you are, therefore, disqualified from holding any public office and thus disqualified from contesting and being elected as the Governor of Mombasa County or any other county,” Yusuf said in the letter dated July 18.
On Monday, Sonko filed an appeal at the East African Court of Justice to challenge the decision by the Supreme Court upholding his impeachment.
The appeal seeking review arose from a decision by a seven-judge bench delivered on Friday, July 15.