![]() ![]() Police take finger prints and even pictures of their long-term guests. It is not enough to claim that Sonko eluded the law by hiding through aliases.How would they miss a man who served as MP for Makadara for two years, Nairobi Senator for five years and now as governor? If he is the one who escaped jail, why has it taken this long to unmask him? It is simply inconceivable.If police have been unable to ‘see’ Sonko, who has been in the public limelight for more than a decade, how can we trust them to arrest faceless suspects who hide in the nooks and crannies of this country? It speaks volumes about the (in)efficiency of the men and women that we pay dearly to keep us safe.It’s mind-boggling that a person can manage to hide in plain sight while even mingling and shaking hands with the same people who are supposed to arrest him.So, just how did our security agencies police, prison authorities and even National Intelligence Service, miss this larger than life figure for 20 good years?.In a nutshell, Sonko is a conspicuous person, a household name, if you like.And he never shies away from ruffling feathers. He is a most vocal politician loved and loathed in equal measure for speaking out his mind. In addition, the governor is not good at keeping his mouth shut.He has been in Nairobi and Mombasa all along mostly dressed in attires of screaming colours. Interestingly, Sonko has not been living in a cave inside Mau Forest.But we do know that he has been a free man since the alleged great escape two decades or so ago.We also do not know whether efforts were made to trace him and lock him up again. We are not aware of the circumstances under which Sonko escaped from custody – if he indeed did.Once arrested, the prisoners are taken back to court and handed more months for the crime of escaping from lawful custody. Major manhunts are usually launched to nab inmates who flee from jail. So serious that prison officers are even known to shoot those who escape. The Director of Public Prosecutions has said as much. There are claims that Sonko escaped from Shimo La Tewa Prison 20 years ago and that the facility wants him back so that he can complete his jail term. ![]() The editorial read: “If allegations linked to Prisons Department are truthful, Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko might land in jail even before the hearing of his corruption case is concluded.The Standard, Thursday, Decemcarried the following interesting editorial.Calmly, kindly, please proceed accordingly. Posting dated Decemreposted to jog your mind.On November 5, the commission summoned him to set the record straight over his past activities and pending cases. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has been on the governor's trail. He compared his past life to that of Kenya's first President Jomo Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga saying that they were imprisoned too. While narrating his side of the story, Sonko said he was not afraid of talking about his dark past because he believed that he is now reformed. "The sentence that was imposed on the applicant which were to run concurrently is hereby reduced to the period already served to ensure the immediate release of the applicant from prison unless otherwise lawfully held," the judge ruled. So I told the Judge to review my case," he said.Īccording to a court document that he produced during the Show, Sonko was released on February 12, 2001, after the judge reduced his sentence to the period he had already served in Shimo la Tewa and Kamiti. I just failed to show up in court because I had so many personal problems, like my mother's incident. In his appeal, Sonko said that he had not committed any capital offence save for failing to appear in court which according to him did not warrant him a one-year jail term. Sonko said that he filed an appeal at the High Court in February 2001 protesting his jail term. "The head of Kamiti Prison l Shimo la Tewa and told them that the guy who was convicted has been found so I continued to serve my sentence," he said. He was later on transferred to Kamiti Prison.Īgain, he did not reveal why Shimo la Tewa was informed of his arrest yet he claimed to have been released. The officer in charge of the Industrial Area Remand Prison where Miko Sonko was being held alerted Shimo La Tewa Prison officer that they have Sonko in custody. Two years after 'leaving' Shimo La Tewa prison, Miko Sonko says that he was re-arrested and charged with a different criminal offence. "They should go to their records, conduct their investigations and we can meet in court," he said. ![]() "These are things that happened 23 years ago and I have been cleared that is why I ran for public office." He downplayed a question from the host on claims that he escaped prison by faking illness and sneaked out of the Coast General Hospital where he had been taken for treatment. ![]()
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