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Sonko skips town and starts new political life

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Former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko during an interview with Standard on Sunday, April 24, 2022 [David Njaaga, Standard]

Political maverick Mike Sonko has done what we all do when the going gets hard: he has skipped town to go try his luck elsewhere. He’s staking a claim in Mombasa’s gubernatorial race. This follows his ouster at City Hall.

One moment, he was busy munching sausages washed down by cognac; next, he was scanning mshikaki at Mtito Andei, on the night bus to Mombasa! I exaggerate.

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