THE STANDARD By
James Wanzala |
February 5th 2021 at 17:45:00 GMT +0300
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Ex Gov. Sonko to spend 5 more days in Kamiti, court rules
Former Nairobi Governor MIKE SONKO will spend spend five more nights in police cell after court set his bail ruling for next week.
Sonko, who is facing multiple assault charges, spent Wednesday night at the Kamiti Maximum GK Prison where he was whisked to late evening from the Gigiri Police Station where he was previously being held.
This came after an officer from the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) swore an affidavit accusing Sonko of having terror links, hence seeking 30 days to detain him pending investigations.
THE STANDARD By
Paul Ogemba |
February 4th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s may spend up to 30 days in police custody if a court allows an application by the state to detain him in a terrorism probe.
The Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti claims Mr Sonko is financing terrorism activities and is in an advanced stage of procuring arms and ammunition using a secret syndicate.
The in court Kahawa, Nairobi directed that he should appear before a Kiambu court for a bail application ruling today.
And at 2:30pm Sonko will appear before the Kahawa court for the hearing of Kinoti’s application.
THE STANDARD By
George Njunge |
February 3rd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko at the Kiambu law courts yesterday. He was remanded at Gigiri Police Station pending his bail application ruling. [George Njunge, Standard]
A Kiambu court has remanded former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko for two days pending his bail and bond application ruling.
Sonko appeared before Principal Magistrate Stella Atambo who directed that the matter be heard tomorrow.
He was charged that on May 25, 2019, he forcibly and violently entered the property of Landmark International situated in Buru Buru. A second charge was that on the same day, he assaulted one Alex Kioko.
Kiambu Killings: Lawrence Warunge To Undergo Mental Assessment
Lawrence Simon Warunge, the main suspect in the murder of his family and a worker in Kiambu, was presented in court Monday morning.
The 22-year-old university student was arraigned alongside his girlfriend Sarah Muthoni. When the claims by the prosecution were read to him, Warunge said “no objection”.
The Kiambu court allowed police to hold the suspects for 14 days to allow investigators to conclude their probe.
Warunge will be detained at the Gigiri Police Station while Muthoni will be detained at the Muthaiga Police Station.
Detectives will use the two-week period to conduct DNA tests and postmortem. The suspects will also undergo a mental assessment’s