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Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s fall from grace to grass

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko at a Milimani court in October last year, when together with his co-accused Antony Otieno Ombok, alias Jamal appeared to take dates for the mention and hearing of their corruption cases from Chief Magistrate Kennedy Ogoti. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Controversy may as well be Mike Mbuvi Sonko’s middle name. Few politicians can match his penchant for courting it, whether he is being restrained by his security team as he punches a wall during a demonstration or he is showing up at the scene of a terrorist attack while toting a gun.  

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