No, Azimio has not cut off Hon Abdulswamad or ordered the courts to allow Sonko to run for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat - iVerify Kenya

No, Azimio has not cut off Hon Abdulswamad or ordered the courts to allow Sonko to run for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat

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The photos on the post have been used for other stories. Azimio has no power to give orders to the courts since the Judiciary is an independent institution as stipulated in the constitution. The Azimio party is yet to make an official communication concerning the same.

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Verified Jul, 15 2022

Claim

Azimio cuts off Hon Abdulswamad, orders the courts to allow Sonko to run for Governor of Mombasa.

Rating Justification

The IVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is False.

To arrive at this conclusion, the desk has conducted the following process. We checked Mike Sonko ‘s official twitter account and realised that he posted two of the photos used in the post to acknowledge Raila Odinga and Martha Karua as Baba and Mama.

We also discovered that two of the photos were used by the star newspaper in a story that was titled; Sonko shares a moment with Raila and Karua at Wilson airport.

The photo was used by Kenyans.co.ke in one of their news stories titled; Sonko Karua reunite after 11 years.

We also established that according to the constitution of Kenya, the Judiciary is an independent institution hence Azimio has no mandate to influence the court’s decision.

Azimio is yet to substantiate the claim.

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