High Court to prioritise Mike Sonko’s case seeking to nullify judgments upholding his impeachment

High Court Judge Gregory Mutai has directed that a petition by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko seeking to nullify judgments upholding his impeachment be determined at the earliest opportunity.

Sonko is challenging the decisions that upheld his removal from office, arguing that the subsequent findings of judicial misconduct against former High Court judge Said Juma Chitembwe raise fundamental questions about the fairness and constitutional validity of the proceedings.

The former governor contends that Chitembwe’s participation in the three judge bench that dismissed his challenge to the impeachment compromised his right to a fair and impartial hearing.

In the petition, Sonko relies on the Supreme Court’s decision upholding findings against Chitembwe, arguing that the misconduct established in the disciplinary proceedings was connected to the very dispute the judge presided over.

He wants the court to declare the original High Court judgment, delivered on June 24, 2021, and subsequent appellate decisions a nullity.

Source: TV47 News