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Mike Sonko demands testimony from lawyer Steve Ogola and Capitol Hill OCS Tusca Opondo, claiming "doctored" charge sheets and suppressed police records prove his innocence in the KSh 20M graft trial.

In a high-stakes legal maneuver that could upend his corruption trial, former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has moved to drag the state’s own investigators into the dock, demanding the testimony of a top police commander and a high-profile lawyer to prove he was framed.
The drama unfolding at the Milimani Law Courts is not just about a missing KSh 20 million; it is a battle over the integrity of Kenya’s criminal justice system. Sonko’s defense team, led by the combative Asa Nyakundi, argues that the investigation was botched—or worse, engineered—alleging that charge sheets were medically doctored to suit a shifting political narrative. If the court grants his request, the hunter could become the hunted.
At the heart of Sonko’s defense is a startling allegation: the existence of two contradictory charge sheets. According to court filings, one charge sheet was drafted before the complainant was listed as a co-accused, while another materialized only after the complainant was conveniently removed from the case. Sonko contends this inconsistency is not a clerical error but proof of a "fix."
To prove this, Sonko is demanding the appearance of lawyer Steve Ogola. The defense insists Ogola is in possession of three "smoking gun" documents: the original charge sheet, a witness statement, and an affidavit of cooperation that could exonerate the former governor. "The interest of justice supports the application that they be summoned," Nyakundi told the court. "These are not just witnesses; they are the architects of the narrative against my client."
Even more explosive is the summons for Tusca Opondo, the OCS of Capitol Hill Police Station. The defense claims Opondo holds the keys to a trove of records—specifically, the logs of Sonko’s statements during the initial investigations—that have allegedly been suppressed.
The prosecution has yet to respond to this aggressive pivot. For Sonko, a man who has built a career on theatrics and recording secret conversations, this legal strategy fits his modus operandi: when cornered, attack the process. The ruling on these summonses will determine whether the trial proceeds as a routine graft case or transforms into an indictment of the investigators themselves.
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