![]() ![]() Never forget about his education background, the former governor has no school record, that is high school and campus details. Imagine a convict becoming a governor! Kenya is a land of miracles. Sources said Shimo La Tewa Prison authorities have now written a letter to the Inspector General of Police, seeking the Sonko’s arrest and return to jail. What a joke!įrom Kamiti Maximum Prison, the largest and secure prison in East Africa, to be The Governor of the Capital City of Kenya NAIROBI. ![]() As a matter of fact, in Africa, one can be able to win any political seat with money. He left behind two handcuffs ( sometimes called “Bangili” in Sheng) which had been used to handcuff him to the bed.Īll of a sudden, Kioko joined politics through the money made in politics. Currently incarcerated at Shimo as it is known by residents are international jihadists, pirates, terrorism masterminds and soldiers court martialed for desertion. Kioko was chained to a hospital bed under supervision of two armed guards who were suspiciously replaced on April 16 at night when the suspect allegedly escaped. Shimo La Tewa is the only maximum security prison in the Coast province holding the hardest, most dangerous convicts in the province. He posted the screenshots of the messages to dispute reports that the two were not getting along.With story of the terrorists jail break at Kamiti dominating the headlines, here is a Standard Newspaper cutting of one Gedion Mbuvi Kioko escape from shimo la Tewa in April 1998.Īccording to the account, Kioko was charged before Magistrate Justin Kaburu for forging documents with which he intended to sell a beach property owned by former Police Commissioner Bernard Hinga. In August last year, the governor leaked a telephone conversation with his Kiambu counterpart Ferdinand Waititu, who was pleading for the release of his wife Susan Wangari who had been arrested with 14 others.Įarlier the same year, Sonko leaked screenshots and audios of his conversations with his former deputy Polycarp Igathe, before the former resigned from his position after just five months. This is not the first time the governor has been caught in the eye of storm over his penchant for recording private conversations in what has exposed his soft underbelly of not being anybody’s confidante. The incident elicited anger and condemnation from Kenyans on social media who castigated Sonko’s character with some suggesting that it amounted to gender-based violence. ![]() “How come when she asks for money I give it to her in good faith, yet when I dish cash out to the poor people, it is corruption money? Why the double standards?” Sonko said. Nairobi governor Mike Sonko could be going back to jail after Shimo La Tewa Prison told court he should go back to the facility and complete his sentence and also be charged with escaping from the correctional facility. He said he wanted to prove that Passaris allegedly asked him for money on numerous occasions and that he supported her projects within the county. He was committed to Shimo La Tewa Maximum prison to serve his custodial sentence having failed. He projected the screen of his phone on a big monitor and went through all their correspondence, even playing audio conversations in what triggered a storm. Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has been apprehended in Voi. On Wednesday after his interview was cut short Sonko walked out of the show and went live on Facebook to display the correspondences with Passaris from April 30 to Madaraka Day. The governor had also lashed out at her at the celebrations after she complained about delays in approving her development projects. The Woman Rep walked out on Sonko as he made his speech after the governor ranted that she was troubling him with numerous calls which he can not pick because Passaris is not his wife. Sonko claimed that he had a right of reply after Passaris allegedly called him corrupt during Madaraka Day celebrations. He went on to accuse Passaris of trying to extort money from public coffers by demanding double per diems for her trips abroad yet she was being paid by the Parliamentary Service Commission. Sonko, in his characteristic style of arming himself with papers, claimed he had damning evidence against Passaris and at some time threatened to reveal the details of 'intimate' conversations.ĭuring the interview, Sonko presented an audio clip and receipts of per diem payments made to her by the county as proof of Passaris’s alleged smear campaign against him. The governor was hellbent on playing out an audio recording and displaying WhatsApp messages of his private conversations with Passaris, forcing the station to end the interview prematurely. On Wednesday night, Sonko's interview on Citizen TV's JKL show turned ugly and dramatic as he tore into Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris. The governor who has claimed being a jailbird escaped to attend the burial of his mother Saumu Mukami. ![]()
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