Sonko took over County Hall, the weight of expectation from over 4 million Nairobi residents will sit squarely on his shoulders.

The question is, will he be strong enough to bear the weight?

A year ago, a Sonko governorship sounded like a dry joke apparently for a minority in Nairobi. But a look into his history tells a different story.

Many rue underestimating the man who has been in politics for less than a decade but has managed, in that short span of time to create an identity that has endeared him to many.

In 2010, the chubby faced man with fingers that looked like suffering under unbearable weight of gold coated rings, threw his hat into the ring for Makadara race. He was up against some heavyweights. On one side, he had Dick Wathika.

On the other he had boxing enthusiast and promoter Reuben Ndolo. Nobody gave Sonko a chance yet he won. He has never looked back since.

He seized the moment and slowly wormed his way through Nairobi politics, endearing himself to an aspirational demographic and attracting scowl from the political godfathers of the city, some of whom he was to destroy in the years that followed.