NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 21 – The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has said that they will appeal the acquittal of former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko.
This came after Hon Douglas Ogoti acquitted Sonko and his co-accused in a Sh20 million bribery case.
ODPP says that the court acquitted them on the basis that the charge sheet was defective, and not on the merits and substance of the case.
They say that they called a total of 19 witnesses to the stand to testify against Sonko and produced 113 documentary exhibits in support of its case and closed its case on July 27, 2022.
The former Governor of Nairobi was charged alongside others with the offence of conspiracy to commit an offence of Corruption, Conflict of Interest, Money Laundering and Acquisition of Proceeds of Crime.
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