The flashy Nairobi county politician Mike Sonko has finally talked to the newsrooms on how he accumulated his wealth. In a televised interview Sonko came with title deeds of land worth billions in the coast region and logbooks of hundreds of vehicles which he owns together with his wife.
Sonko’s wealth is traced to Mombasa where he was born and educated.
Mbuvi alleges that when he relocated to Nairobi in 1994, he bought matatus, which plied different routes making over Sh40,000 per matatu.
He bought more matatus, which plied route 42 to Dandora and Umoja. He operated matatus in Dandora and Umoja from 1994 to 1997.
“I was also buying and selling plots and residential houses,” says Mbuvi.
After 1997, he bought minibuses and began operating his matatu business in Buru Buru where his first minibus was christened ‘Ruffcuts’.
During the interview with the NTV newsrooms, Sonko shocked viewers when he alleged that his wealth is equivalent to the Nairobi county annual budget.
Nairobi county annual budget amounts to over Sh32billion shillings for the 2018/2019 fiscal year.
The governor alleged that he built the Mua Hills ranch even before he became governor.
Mbuvi said he has since diversified his business. He bought Club Casurina in Buru Buru as well as cyber cafes, salons, boutiques, and phone and accessories shops in Nairobi. He also runs a charitable organisation, which helps needy pupils.
He opened a number of youth projects “to empower the youth” in Makadara. He also increased stock for mama mbogas and built them sheds.
“But I never spent Sh150 million as claimed. I am not a rich man as alleged. I have given people projects instead of money. I have been doing this even before the campaigns for Makadara,” says Mbuvi.
“Even Jaguar alianza akiimba na slippers na microphone moja kwa club yangu” ~ Gov. Sonko#Sidebar @KenMijungu pic.twitter.com/CoP4mYNnfj— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) May 7, 2019
I own properties all the way from Lamu to Vanga. I have got over 1000 tittle deeds of properties which I own genuinely.- Gov. Sonko #Sidebar @KenMijungu pic.twitter.com/LNyo0dGqw1— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) May 7, 2019