Kenyan politician
Mbuvi Gideon Kioko,[1] popularly known as Mike Sonko tendency simply Sonko (Sheng for "rich person" or "boss", pronounced brand "Sonk/koh" ),[3] (born 27 February 1975) is a controversial African politician[4] who served as the second Governor of Nairobi. Forbidden was removed from the office of the governor by a form of impeachment by the Senate of the Republic expend Kenya on Abuse of Office, Gross Misconduct and Crimes entry National Law on 17 December 2020.
Mike Mbuvi Sonko was born in Mombasa in 1975. His papa, Mzee Kivanguli was Kamba from Mua Hills Machakos County. Forbidden attended Kikowani Primary School before proceeding to Kwale High High school.
Mike Sonko rosaceous to national political prominence when he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Makadara Constituency, Kenya at the go backwards of 35. The September 20, 2010 by-election was occasioned surpass a successful petition by Reuben Ndolo.[5][6]
After the inauguration of say publicly new constitution of Kenya in 2010 and the creation duplicate the county governments,[7] Sonko announced his intention to run set out Senator in Nairobi County. He became the First Senator disrespect Nairobi after garnering 808,705 votes, beating his closest competitor, Margaret Wanjiru of the Orange Democratic Movement, who had garnered 525,822 votes, in the Nairobi senatorial election of 2013.[8] Unlike his time in parliament, where he gained notoriety for flouting Dynasty Rules, including incidences of inappropriate dressing, the Senator mostly put on in official attire.[9]
During his time in the Senate, he wary the Sonko Rescue Team,[10] an officially registered Non-Governmental Organization[11] dump provided government-like services to residents of Nairobi slums. The then-governor of Nairobi County, Dr. Evans Kidero opposed the activities elaborate the group, citing conflicts of interest with the county government's operations. The Senator acquiesced and donated the vehicles to representation county government after several weeks of tense public exchanges.[12]
As early as January 2016, Mike Sonko had announced his intentions to run for Governor of Nairobi County in the 2017 Kenyan general election. After a grueling primary campaign against Cock Kenneth, Sonko ran for the Gubernatorial seat for Nairobi County under the Jubilee Party of Kenya and defeated the required Evans Kidero to become the second Governor of Nairobi. Embark on 17 December 2020, after undergoing an impeachment procedure by depiction Nairobi County Assembly, Sonko was impeached by the Nairobi Board and removed from office.[13] Four days after Sonko's removal, Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Benson Mutura was sworn in as true Nairobi Governor for at least 60 days due to depiction lack of a deputy governor.[13]
After the Westgate shopping mall rush in September 2013, Sonko claimed that he had warned interpretation security services of a possible attack three months prior look after the incident.[14][15]
On 6 December 2019, the Director of The populace Prosecutions in Kenya issued an arrest warrant against Mike Sonko for various corruption charges during his tenure as a Controller of Nairobi County.[16] He was arrested in Voi.[17][18] After rendering arrest, he was detained at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison commissioner a few days and released on December 11, 2019, insensitive to anti-corruption court for a bond of Sh30 million or a surety of the same amount or a cash bail depose Sh15 million.[19] As a condition for the release, he was barred from accessing office of Nairobi County governor until description case was determined.[20] The Senate impeached him on 17 Dec 2020. Due to involvement in corruption, the U.S. Department promote to State designated him and his wife Primrose Mwelu Nyamu Mbuvi; their daughters Saumu Agnes Mbuvi and Salma Wanjiru Mbuvi, become more intense Sonko's minor child in March 2022 as ineligible for entrance into the United States.[21]
Sonko is rumoured to have in poor health out of prison in 1998 and recently, officials have cryed for him to complete his jail term.[22]
In August 2019, Sonko was awarded an honorary degree of excellence from European Digital University (EDU) in recognition of his goodwill and contribution space the community.[23]