Sonko: The City Father who's a law unto himself

Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi walks into Milimani Court, Nairobi, where he had come to help bail out his supporters who were earlier arrested and arraigned. [George Njunge, Standard]

THE BULLY NO ONE DARES TO TOUCH: He has the money, the guts and energy. He prides in his criminal record. He has threatened rivals, intimidated county workers and scandalised women leaders. He has a public office but runs a fearsome parallel outfit that is a law unto itself. He has cowed even top government officers and detectives. A populist whose antics excite some – a master of expletives – his leadership style is suffocating the city. How do you solve a problem like Sonko?

If laughter was all the 4.4 million residents of Nairobi engulfed by a cloud of economic gloom needed, then their governor would have executed his job.