Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko is seeking to settle his case against Interior PS Karanja Kibicho out of court.
Kibicho's lawyer Fred Ngatia told the court on Thursday, April 29, that he had received a statement from Sonko's lawyers asking the PS to consider settling the matter out of court.
The statement was reportedly authored by Sonko's lawyer Evans Ondieki.
“I have received a proposal from Ondieki for a possible settlement. We ask that we come back on June 8 for settlement,” stated Ngatia according to K24 TV.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke, Sonko's other lawyer John Khaminwa, disclosed that he was yet to receive the purported advice from his client.
"We are yet to receive instructions from Mr Sonko. What happened is this, Ondieki wrote a letter to Mr Ngatia about a settlement, I as the lead counsel knew nothing about that letter.
"I am trying to make sure that I can get some instructions from the client," explained Khaminwa.
The former Nairobi Governor had accused the "deep state" and "system" of the chaos experienced in the country in 2017.
Sonko alleged that he was involved in the planning of the chaos with the aim of portraying the ODM Party as the culprits.
In court documents, Sonko had disclosed that he lined out 13 witnesses in the case and was even seeking to have them placed under the protection programme.
Shortly after Sonko's utterance, Kibicho obtained court orders barring Sonko from linking him to the 2017 General election chaos.
The PS claimed that Sonko had an agenda to damage his reputation and character.
He cited that the former governor had been making false and libellous utterances against him since 2017.
In mid-March, a separate case where Sonko was facing graft charges took a twist after six lawyers who were defending him reportedly quit one of his cases.
The team, which included Khaminwa and Assa Nyakundi, accused magistrate Douglas Ogoti of unfairness arguing that they had not been given enough time to gather evidence from Sonko's previous lawyers.
Sonko had fired his initial legal team in early February and appointed a new team led by Khaminwa to preside over the case.
