Mbuvi Gidion Kioko Mike Sonko [1] commonly known as
Mike Sonko or simply
Sonko (
Sheng for "rich person" or "boss"),
[2] is the immediate former Member of Parliament for
Makadara Constituency,
Kenya. He was elected on September 20, 2010 in a by-election.
[3] He was recently kicked out of parliament for wearing earrings and sun glasses.
[2]
Mbuvi became the First Senator of
Nairobi after it was announced that, with 808,705 votes, beat his closest competitor,
Margaret Wanjiru of the
Orange Democratic Movement, who had garnered 525,822 votes, in the
Nairobi senatorial election of 2013.
[citation needed]
After the
Westgate shopping mall attack in September 2013, Sonko claimed that he had warned the security services of a possible attack three months previously.
[4][5]
Personal life
Sonko
is known to be generous to the Kenya's majority poor sponsoring
underprivileged children. This has made him popular among Kenya's
electorate.
However, many questions have risen concerning his lavish spending and
where his money cames from, He is also known for his unorthodox mode of
dressing affiliated with the
hip hop community.
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