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Court allows Mike Sonko to seek plea bargain in Sh357m graft case
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko.
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What you need to know:
- The case will proceed before senior principal magistrate Kagure Nyutu on a day-to-day basis without any adjournment.
- No lawyer will be allowed to withdraw from the case on the hearing date.
- Lawyers wishing to pull out from the proceedings must inform the court at least three days before.
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and other suspects embroiled in the Sh357m corruption case against them can now approach the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to plea bargain, chief magistrate Douglas Ogoti has ruled.
"The accused persons are free to plea bargain with the DPP and report on the progress to the trial court," Mr Ogoti said.
