Uhuru’s bloodless coup at City Hall leaves Sonko idle

Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala (right) hands over the Regeneration Committee Report to Nairobi Metropolitan Services Director General Mohamed Abdalla Badi on Friday. [File, Standard]

On Wednesday at State House Nairobi, Governor Mike Sonko sat staring blankly into the middle distance after he had signed off some functions of his county to the national government.

The storm brewing inside Sonko’s head was evident on his face. One moment he was signing and exchanging documents with Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa with a smile playing at his lips. The next moment, he was brooding and anxious.