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Another bad year for Nairobi as Jubilee explains how we ended up with Sonko

Garbage and other waste that spilled off the trash bin blocking the road near City Market in Nairobi. [Phillip Orwa/Standard]

There was something surreal as Kenya marked Jamhuri Day recently. The host of the national event, Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko was missing.

Hours to the event, he was holed up in a courtroom, a bevy of lawyers who included sitting legislators convincing the court to grant him bail.

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