New revelations have emerged indicating that President Uhuru Kenyatta helped Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko secure a police certificate of good conduct.
A source within State House stated that it took the intervention of President Kenyatta, through his personal aide Jomo Gecaga, to direct the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to issue Mr Sonko with the document.
According to The Star, it was after Mr Gecaga contacted the DCI boss, Ndegwa Muhoro that Sonko's good conduct certificate was processed and taken to the State House, where the Senator was attending a meeting.
A few minutes to 7 pm on Thursday, a senior DCI officer drove to State House and presented Sonko with the document and the senator went ahead to confirm it through his Facebook page.
This last-minute intervention by the Presidency came just hours before the Jubilee Party's Friday deadline for aspirants to submit their nominations papers.
Earlier in the day, before his State House meeting, Sonko had claimed that some people were trying to block him from vying for the Gubernatorial seat.
Sources within the party indicated that during the meeting, Sonko was urged to drop his gubernatorial ambitions to allow other candidates face Governor Evans Kidero.
It was understood no name was mentioned but Uhuru's inner circles were rooting for Peter Kenneth to be the Jubilee Party candidate to face off with Kidero.
However, on Sunday - during an interview on Citizen TV - Sonko reiterated that he would not support Mr Kenneth since the former Presidential aspirant did not back President Uhuru in the 2013 elections.
