This meant that Sonko had contravened Sections 13, 29 and 30 of the Leadership Act, 2012 by failing to honestly present information to the public, falsifying records and giving false and misleading information to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC). Sonko is recorded to have denied having being convicted which according to the court affidavit was not true. “That the first interested party, Hon Mike Mbuvi Sonko failed to disclose this information in the self-declaration form wherein one of the moral questions was: “Have you ever been convicted of any offence and sentenced to serve imprisonment for a period of at least six months?” EACC alleged. 326 of 2019, the county boss also failed to disclose his past criminal records in the self-declaration form. The commission further claimed that it had verified the information from the DPP with various police stations and prison authorities.Īnti-graft agency also disclosed that in court documents filed as a replying affidavit in Miscellaneous Cause No. School Name: Shimo-La-Tewa School Physical Location: Address: P.O. The flamboyant senator who is contesting for Nairobi gubernatorial said that he spent several days at Shimo la Tewa prison after a land deal went sour and not for criminal charges as some have claimed. Shimo-La-Tewa School Location and Contacts. Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko has shed more light on allegations that he was once jailed at Shimo la Tewa prison over criminal charges. For further information please see the school contacts below. This saw him labeled as a dangerous criminal and was therefore transferred to Kamiti Maximum Prison under number KAM/1255/001īased on information received from the Director of Public Prosecutions concerning Sonko’s previous criminal records EACC launched investigations after registering a complaint on September 19, 2019. Shimo-La-Tewa School is a Boys Boarding school, located in Mombasa County. On November 15, 2000, the officer in charge of Industrial Area Remand Prison sent a signal to Shimo la Tewa that Sonko had been remanded awaiting other criminal offences. However, he appeared to have mysteriously left the facility on April 16, 1998, a month after his incarceration. SHO/477/1998 and was scheduled to be released on March 11, 1999. He was then admitted to Shimo la Tewa under prison number P/No. He was sentenced to pay Ksh200,000 and Ksh 500, 000 fine respectively or serve six months for each sentence in prison in default.īeing unable to raise the fine, he was committed to Shimo la Tewa to serve his custodial sentence. This meant that Sonko had contravened Sections 13, 29 and 30 of the Leadership Act, 2012 by failing to honestly present information to the public, falsifying records and giving false and misleading information to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC).Shimo la Tewa Prison at Shanzu in Mtwapa, Kilifi county.Īccording to prison records forwarded to the EACC, Sonko was convicted on March 12, 1998, for failing to attend court in CF 675/97 and CF 1727/96. Sonko is recorded to have denied having being convicted which according to the court affidavit was not true. Nairobi Governor Mike Sonkos woes seemed to have escalated after Shimo la Tewa Maximum Security Prison went after him. The anti-graft agency also disclosed that in court documents filed as a replying affidavit in Miscellaneous Cause No. The commission further claimed that it had verified the information from the DPP with various police stations and prison authorities. This saw him labelled as a dangerous criminal and was therefore transferred to Kamiti Maximum Prison under number KAM/1255/001īased on information received from the Director of Public Prosecutions concerning Sonko’s previous criminal records EACC launched investigations after registering a complaint on September 19, 2019. According to prison records forwarded to the EACC, Sonko was convicted on March 12, 1998, for failing to attend court in CF 675/97 and CF 1727/96.
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