Council of Governors Plans to Dump Sonko - Khalwale

Former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale while appearing on NTV's morning show AM Live on Tuesday, December 10, insinuated that Council of Governors had a plan to disown embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko. 

According to Khalwale, the CoG has been very vocal in defending its members who have found themselves on the wrong side of the law but was not as keen to do so with the Nairobi governor.

"Allow Sonko to go the full hog and have his day in court. The Council of Governors stood with Waititu and now they are attempting to dump Sonko," stated Khalwale.

He further claimed that during the arrest of Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu, the CoG chaired by Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya gave a list of demands on how they expected to be handled during the arrests.

After Waititu and Samburu Governor Moses Kasaine Lenolkulal were barred from accessing their offices, the CoG revealed that they would petition the courts to allow them to get back to work claiming their absence would affect county operations.

"You can see what is happening in Kiambu where the Deputy Governor is purporting to have taken over and is trying to sack CEC's and transfer others while we all know other functions can only be conducted by the governor,"  stated Oparanya on August 23.

On Friday, December 7, Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko was arrested in Voi after an early morning order by DPP Noordin Haji who had expressed confidence that he had enough evidence to charge the governor for corruption and conflict of interest.

After this arrest on Saturday, December 8, the CoG gave a statement that raised eyebrows across the political divide.

The CoG in the statement claimed that they were monitoring the situation in Nairobi due to the fact that the governor did not have a deputy.

According to the former senator, the governors' council meticulously avoided mentioning anything in relation to the manner in which Sonko was handled during the arrest despite outcry from different quarters over the manhandling in the governor.

It further stated that it was in consultation with President Uhuru Kenyatta to convene an emergency summit to address the matter.

"The Council of Governors is monitoring and consulting following the arrest and detention of Mike Sonko. CoG shall also reach out to President Uhuru Kenyatta for an emergency summit to address this issue," read the December 8 statement.

Below is the Video of the CoG chair's statement courtesy of KBC.

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