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How mediocrity, incompetence are ruining the capital

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko with Senator Johnson Sakaja during a church service at St Stephen along Jogoo road in Nairobi. [David Njaaga/Standard]

Mike Sonko’s imaginary friends are turning into real and formidable enemies. More than a year into his governorship, Sonko’s reign could slowly be turning into Nairobi’s worst nightmare, with the once mighty city slowly sliding into anarchy.

But before his City Hall administration devours itself, it seems hell bent on swallowing everything in its wake, whole.

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