Wednesday, June 22, 2022 –Mike Mbuvi Sonko continues to get move closer to legal victory after Supreme Court Register Letizia Wachira, today evening, confirmed that his appeal challenging his impeachment was filed within the required timelines.
In a letter seen by Homenews.co.ke on June 21, Wachira confirmed that Sonko’s appeal was filed in the court systems on May 4 and the hard copy presented to his office on May 20, 2022; what implies Sonko’s lawyers were within time-frames.
The protest on the filing timelines was first made by defending lawyer Duncan Okatch who claimed that there were some alterations in the judiciary e-filing systems to accommodate Sonko’s documents beyond set timelines.
“The import of this letter is to inform you that not only did the petitioner (Sonko) fail to comply with the Supreme Court Rules with regards to the Appeals timelines, but has also interfered with the Judiciary E-filing system,” Okatch told the court.
This matter has also seen the Nairobi Governor Anne Kananu together with city’s county assembly file an application to force dismissal of the application on similar grounds.