KENYA: Ex-Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and his family have been banned from travelling to the United States because of corruption allegations. Sonko was accused of abuse of power and bribery.
US State Department has declared Sonko, his wife Primrose Mbuvi, his daughters Saumu and Salma, and his underage son ineligible for entry into the US.
The former governor of Bungoma County, Mike Sonko, has been banned from travelling to the United States over corruption allegations. He is accused of embezzling KES381 million from the county government’s account through money laundering, bribes, conflict of interest, and acquisition of proceeds of crime.
Sonko becomes the second Kenyan to be publicly banned from flying to the US during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government. He is accused of demanding a bribe of KES10 million from a company that City Hall had contracted to collect revenues.
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He is also accused of having indirect private interest in the awarding of a tender to Yiro Enterprises Ltd by receiving KES8.4 million from Fredrick Odhiambo. In the third file, he is charged over the loss of public funds amounting to KES357 million from Nairobi City County government.
