Governor Mike Sonko has distanced himself from goons who assaulted a businessman at Hotel Boulevard in Nairobi last week.
The victim, Mr Timothy Muriuki, is a member of the Nairobi Central Business District Association, and was roughed up by five men as he addressed a press conference on the state of Nairobi County at the city hotel.
The Nairobi County governor said claims that he has links with the five men are just hearsay, a rumour.
The five now are in the police wanted list with a Sh500, 000 bounty on each of their heads.
“Hearsay is not admissible in court and I will not allow anyone to tarnish my good name. Mr Muriuki is my friend and have never had any differences with him,” Mr Sonko told a local TV station on Tuesday.
Mr Sonko urged the police to arrest the five men who were captured on camera assaulting Mr Muriuki.
