Former Nairobi Governor has made good his threat to ditch Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party.
On Saturday, deputy president William Ruto welcomed the former county boss to Kenya Kwanza Alliance.
“We welcome Mike Sonko to the winning team, Kenya Kwanza,” captioned the DP pictures of himself and Sonko.
This comes days after Sonko said he would not back ODM Mombasa gubernatorial candidate Abdulswamad Nassir.
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Sonko instead said he would throw his weight behind UDA’s Hassan Omar who is running for governor for a second time.
The former Nairobi senator demanded that Kisauni MP Ali Mbogo be put forward as the Wiper candidate after the Supreme Court upheld his impeachment and was locked out of the polls by the IEBC.
Three weeks ago, the Wiper party submitted a letter to the IEBC announcing Mbogo as its nominee for governor of Mombasa.
Sonko was unexpectedly selected as Mbogo’s deputy by the Kalonzo Musyoka-led party.
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“It’s not about Sonko. Clear Ali Mbogo and let him be on the ballot, failure to which we shall support Hassan Omar. Take this to the bank,” he told KTN News.
“I am not in UDA, but maybe they will force us to that decision. Don’t punish everybody because of my mistakes.”
The former governor continued by requesting that the Supreme Court reconsider its decision upholding his impeachment.
“By midnight, tonight, we are filing a fresh petition to challenge that decision. We still have a review before the Supreme Court,” said Sonko.
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Sonko’s bid for the governorship of Mombasa was withdrawn by the IEBC in the wake of the Supreme Court decision upholding his impeachment as governor of Nairobi.
Sonko’s right to run for office was ruled invalid by the Supreme Court, according to Mombasa County Returning Officer Swalhah Ibrahim Yusuf.
“The main ground as to why the High Court allowed your registration as a candidate was the presence of the appeal in the Supreme Court,” a letter by IEBC stated in part.
The former Nairobi senator has since filed a case at the East African Court of Justice.
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