Inside the deal that brought Mike Sonko back to the fold

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Dirges were sung. A grave was dug. Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s political career was dead. Gone. Buried.

The eulogy of Sonko spoke about the heights he had scaled rising from Eastlands in Nairobi with his souped-up matatus and riding on that fame to become a Member of Parliament, Senator and finally governor of the capital city. But like a political Lazarus, Sonko has risen from the dead.