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

By Graham Kajilwa | 7yrs ago

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.

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