IEBC REVOKED SONKO CERTIFICATE, AS HE MOVE TO EAST AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE AND CALLED FOR REMOVAL OF KENYAN CHIEF JUSTICE MARTHA

IEBC REVOKED SONKO CERTIFICATE, AS HE MOVE TO EAST AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE AND CALLED FOR REMOVAL OF KENYAN CHIEF JUSTICE MARTHA

By Chris Ojow

Article 99 of the Country new 2010

Constitution talks of until all avenues

of appeal are exhausted that’s when an

applicant request can be dismissed.

As former Nairobi County Governor Mike

Sonko tribulations seems to be far

from over.

The Independent Electoral Boundaries

Commission (IEBC) revoked his

certificate granting him to vie for the

position of Mombasa County Governor,

after a bench in Mombasa ruled that he

be cleared to vie.

Sonko’s arguments is that, the Kenyan

Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to

hear his appeal , as the court itself

admitted during the filing of an appeal

, yet the Supreme Court went ahead and

hurriedly hears Sonko’s matter and

give a ruling , even when responses was

not filed and proceeded to issue a

draconian orders shuttering the

political life of Mike Mbuvi Sonko.

Mike Sonko the most influential

personality in the Country , who is the

gubernatorial aspirant for Mombasa

County Kenya, moved to the East African

Court of Justice seeking for the

review of the Kenyan supreme court

ruling upholding the alleged illegal

impeachment.

Upon receiving the petition, the East

African Court of Justice gave

directions, where the respondent , the

Attorney General of Kenya was given 45

days to file a response inline to the

urgent matter before it.

At the same time, Mike Sonko , through

his Constitutional lawyers Danstan

Omari, Paul Macharia, Martina Swiga and

Shadrack Wambui filed an application

before the Judicial Service Commission

(JSC) seeking for the removal of the

Country Chief Justice Martha Koome , on

grounds of harbouring conflict of

interest, abuse of office , commiting

forgery which they are yet to record a

statement with the Country Independent

Directorate of Criminal Investigations

(DCI), and if proved, might

automatically bring down the first

female Chief Justice in the Country.

Sonko filed the petition to the East

African Court of Justice on grounds

that the Kenyan Highest Court in the

land violated his rights enshrined in

the new 2010 Constitution of the

Republic of Kenya.

He also stressed in the application

filed in court that the manner the

Supreme Court of Kenya rushed to hear

his impeachment appeal and deliver a

ruling in a record of 24 hrs is

historic, alleged politically

influenced and suspect.

Sonko’s accuser’s, the respondents

failed to file their response but it

seems s alleged the Supreme Court went

a head to hear the matter and

delivered a ruling very speedily.

The Kenyan Chief Justice Martha Koome

initially announced that a bench of

five judges will hear Sonko

application, but the applicant Mike

Sonko was surprised to witness a bench

of seven Supreme Court judges

determining his fate , without

informing him of the sudden change,

which is a breach to court proceedings

protocol according to Sonko

application.

Mike Sonko now want the Country first

female Chief Justice Martha Koome to

step aside and allow JSC to

independently conduct investigations on

alleged accusations against her

unprofessional conduct and face the JSC

tribunal.

As Independent Electoral Boundaries

Commission allegedly revoked mike

Sonko’s certificate granting him to

contest for the position of Mombasa

County Governor, claiming that the

Kenyan Supreme Court ruling barred the

embattled former Governor from

contesting for any elective position in

the Country for the rest of his life.

In the Supreme Court ruling, nowhere

the judges issued orders vacating the

ruling of the Mombasa High Court bench

, granting that Sonko be cleared by the

Country IEBC.

“Even if the IEBC decides to revoke

Sonko certificate granting him to vie

for the Mombasa County Governor, the

High Court ruling in Mombasa granting

Sonko clearance must be vacated or be

dismissed , which has not been done”

said Danstan Omari.

As IEBC Mombasa returning officer

hurriedly without following the due

court procedure revoked the certificate

they themselves issued to Sonko

without the High Court due process

being followed, which the applicant

stressed that was a clear situation of

political witch-hunt and a violation

of the Constitution.

The decision of the Supreme Court is

permanent and not a subject of

challenge.