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How Each Senator Voted in Sonko’s Impeachment Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko on Thursday night became only the second governor to be impeached and removed from office. After two days of hearings, senators still voted along party lines, with those in support of Uhuru and Raila voting to remove Sonko, while those in support of Ruto voting not to. In total, 27 senators voted in favour of the charges which was 3 more than the constitutionally mandated 24, required to remove a sitting governor. 16 of the legislators voted against the charges. 2, namely; Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja and Maku...

Views: Visits 36 The Senate has voted to remove Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko from office after finding him guilty of the four charges which were tabled before it by Members of Nairobi County Assembly. The ward representatives had accused the governor of gross violation of the Constitution, abuse of office, gross misconduct, crimes under the national law. The House convicted the governor on all the four charges leveled against him by the MCAs, essentially removing him from office. With the vote, city residents are headed to the poll to elect another governor as Mr Sonko did not have a ...

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THE STANDARD By Betty Njeru | December 17th 2020 at 12:22:22 GMT +0300 Nairobi MCA Silvia Museiya has testified to the Senate that the voting during the impeachment of Governor Sonko did not meet the threshold as two-thirds of the members were not present. The Senate plenary trying Governor Sonko is sitting for the second day and must conclude its business today. Museiya was among 57 Nairobi County MCAs who were in Diani, Kwale County at the time of Sonko’s impeachment. Her evidence was that she and the MCAs did not vote but a third party did as they did not have their mobile phones when ...

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