Mike Sonko

Mike Mbuvi Sonko
Governor of Nairobi City County
In office
21 August 2017 – 17 December 2020
Preceded byEvans Kidero
Succeeded bySpeaker Benson Mutura (acting)
Senator of Nairobi City County
In office
2013–2017
PresidentUhuru Kenyatta
Preceded byInaugural officeholder
Succeeded bySakaja Johnson
Member of the Kenyan Parliament
In office
2010–2013
PresidentMwai Kibaki
Preceded byDick Wathika
Succeeded byBenson Kangara
ConstituencyMakadara
Personal details
Born
Mbuvi Gideon Kioko [1]

(1975-02-27) 27 February 1975 (age 49)
Mombasa
NationalityKenyan
Political partyJubilee Party of Kenya
Alma materKenya Methodist University[2]
OccupationBusinessman, Politician
Websitewww.sonko.co.ke
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Mbuvi Gideon Kioko,[1] popularly known as Mike Sonko or simply Sonko (Sheng for "rich person" or "boss", pronounced as "Song/goh" ),[3] (born 27 February 1975) is a controversial Kenyan politician[4] who served as the second Governor of Nairobi. He was removed from the office of the governor by a form of impeachment by the Senate of the Republic of Kenya on Abuse of Office, Gross Misconduct and Crimes under National Law on 17 December 2020.

  1. ^ a b "Mike Sonko name now formal". the-star.co.ke. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Sonko spends millions for daughter's exclusive graduation bash – PHOTOS".
  3. ^ Kenyan politician thrown out of parliament for earrings CNN, March 3, 2011
  4. ^ AfricaNews (2022-03-09). "U.S. bans entry of former flamboyant Nairobi governor Mike Sonko, family". Africanews. Retrieved 2023-09-04.