The pipe dream of getting matatus out of CBD Populist promises that swiped Sonko to power

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko when he appeared before the Senate County Public Accounts and Investment Committee on audit queries at Parliament. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Governor Sonko made many populist announcements that saw city residents rally behind him ahead of last year’s elections.

In the lead-up to the August 2017 elections, then Nairobi governorship candidate Mike Sonko suggested that Uhuru Park be turned into a bus terminus, exciting some matatu operators.