Kenyan police seal off court as Nairobi governor set to face graft charges


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  • Monday, 09 Dec 2019

Nairobi's Governor Mike Sonko arrives for a hearing after he was arrested on corruption-related charges, at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, December 9, 2019. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Police in the Kenyan capital sealed off a court building where the governor of Nairobi County was due to be charged with corruption and other economic crimes on Monday, guarding against threatened protests by his supporters.

Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko was arrested on Friday and is accused of conspiracy to commit corruption, failure to comply with laws related to procurement, unlawful acquisition of public property and laundering the proceeds of crime.

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