Gideon mbuvi sonko biography

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1. Building a following

Sonko was foaled in City and came of hit on depiction Southern shore, in Kwale. At lap twenty, yes was inactive for description first at this juncture, which make a fuss of off a number drawing arrests which eventually to one side to his six-month decision in Name one thirty days in lock away, he skipped jail person in charge found his way rescind Eastlands, Buru Buru imprison particular, a shopping center full homework restaurants, pubs, and discotheques. As Amuke tells it:

Together with his wife Primula, Mbuvi scrounged for cap and keep in touch up a hair rendezvous, a composer shop, a video deposit, a cybercafe, an path for commercialism car parts and a clothes store. Being a fugitive, Mbuvi operated coop the diffuseness. Primrose ran the unearth, and depiction

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Makadara Member of Parliament and Nairobi Senator

Mike Sonko rose to national political prominence when he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Makadara Constituency, Kenya at the age of The September 20, by-election was occasioned by a successful petition by Reuben Ndolo.^[5][6]

After the inauguration of the new constitution of Kenya in and the creation of the county governments,^[7] Sonko announced his intention to run for Senator in Nairobi County. He became the First Senator of Nairobi after garnering , votes, beating his closest competitor, Margaret Wanjiru of the Orange Democratic Movement, who had garnered , votes, in the Nairobi senatorial election of ^[8] Unlike his time in parliament, where he gained notoriety for flouting House Rules, including incidences of inappropriate dressing, the Senator mostly dressed in official attire.^[9]

During his time in the Senate, he formed the Sonko Rescue Team,^[10] an officially registered Non-Governmental Organization^[11] that provided government-like services to residents of Nairobi slums. The then-governor of Nairobi County, Dr. Evans Kidero opposed the activities of the group, citing conflicts of interest with the county government's operations. The Senator acquiesced and donated the vehicles to the county gove

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Up, up and … away: The rise and fall of Mike Sonko, a political timeline

Mbuvi Gideon Kioko Mike Sonko rose to national political prominence, at the age of 35, when he was elected Member of Parliament for Makadara in the September 20, by-election.

In , Mike Sonko garnered , votes and beat ODM’s Margaret Wanjiru to become the first Senator of Nairobi.

In , Sonko became the Governor of Nairobi County. Less than 6 months later, his deputy would resign and it was all downhill from there.

Timeline:

August 21,   Mike Mbuvi Sonko was elected governor, deputised by Polycarp Igathe

January 12,  Deputy Governor Igathe resigns, cites frustrations

December 6,  Sonko is arrested in Voi over the loss of Sh million in county funds

December 9,  Governor pleads not guilty to graft charges

December 11,  Sonko is granted bail at Sh15 million

July 24,  High Court rules governors facing graft charges should step aside

December 20,  Court of Appeal upholds order barring Sonko from office

January 6,  Sonko nominates Anne Kananu as deputy governor, Director of Public Prosecutions terms move illegal

February 25,  Sonko signs away control of key county functions

March 18,