Governor Mike Sonko has affirmed that in reality his wife and girl ventured out to New York, United States, however paid for the excursion through close to home methods.
"My wife saved individual money. The excursion was legitimate and authentic on the grounds that they were both piece of the public authority appointment affirmed by State House," he told Senate.
Sonko was offering an explanation to allegations that he offered his wife and girl a rich outing to New York City to the detriment of the citizen.
While being questioned, the lead representative told the Senate whole that "these are simply slanderous attacks. My girl didn't burn through Sh840M. The sum being referred to is just Sh2.6M."
Nairobi County Assembly Minority Leader Michael Ogada had on Wednesday blamed Sonko for flying his girl in a top notch trip to the US which converted into the misappropriation of public assets.
Sonko was likewise blamed for breaking public trust by marking the Deed of Transfer of urgent area capacities to the Nairobi Metrpolitan Service while alcoholic, to which he replied, "I was informed that I will be aided and that we will cooperate with the president. I was not informed that the General planned to assume control over the capacities."
Sonko has considered his arraignment by the Nairobi County Assembly a political witchhunt.