Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has vowed to move to the East African Court of Justice to seek the review of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld his impeachment from office.

This follows the Supreme Court upholding his December 17, 2020, by the Senate technically barring him from running for any elective seat.


Sonko made the declaration on Saturday saying he has filed a review before the Supreme Court and the East Africa Court of Justice (EACJ) since the court is recognised by the Kenyan Constitution and has jurisdiction to hear his case. 

"We have filed for a review before the same Supreme Court and we have also filed before the East Africa Court of Justice," Sonko said.

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The embattled politician said he was undeterred, and this was just the beginning, not an end.

"So if someone says Sonko is finished, this is the end of Sonko. It's the start of Sonko, not the end of Sonko," he said.

Sonko opined that Chief Justice Martha Koome should not have been part of the seven-judge panel that made the rule.


He noted Koome pronounced herself on the case during a radio interview that declared her stand therefore should have saved herself over conflict of interest.

Sonko hinted he might file a complaint against Koome at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

"Martha Koome is not above the law. I'm consulting. I might also be forced to file a complaint against her at the JSC and she must recuse herself from the JSC when her complaint goes there," Sonko said.


According to the controversial politician, the ruling was not fair because his legal team was denied enough time to file evidence as his appeal was heard in a day.

Sonko moved to the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the ruling after failing to get the same through the High Court and the Appellate Court.

However, the Supreme Court upheld the ruling by the two courts that Sonko was rightfully removed from office and also proved no flaws in his impeachment process.

Sonko holds a different opinion and feels he has been denied justice.

"If a person like me can be denied justice, where are we heading as a country?" he posed.


Sonko’s fate as far as his candidature for the Mombasa gubernatorial race is concerned rests in the hands of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and its chair Wafula Chebukati who said will not withdraw his clearance certificate until it reviews the Supreme Court’s ruling early next in the following week.

"As a commission, we shall look at the issues and maybe get back to the country on Monday or Tuesday," Chebukati said.