Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko is filthy rich. The Governor of Nairobi County caught up the attention of Kenyans when he stated how he stated making cash.
Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko rise to millionaires clubs started while he was still in high school.
Sonko was forced reveal how he made millions after an article appeared to suggest that the EACC officials are close to opening files on him.
“I had over 10 matatus with each earning me Ksh 40,000 a day over 20 years ago, was this not business? Why do people choose to believe that if your father was not rich, or if you came from a humble background you can’t become a governor? You cant make money? It’s very painful,” a tearful Sonko posed to the host, Ken Mijungu.
Governor Mike Sonko revealed that he has over 1000 legal title deeds under his name.
In one of his numerous examples, Sonko stated that he had once purchased 25 acres of land in Kwale from former Westlands Member of Parliament, Fred Gumo, at a cost of Ksh7 million, a piece of property he disclosed was now going for Ksh20 million per acre.
Following his successful business ventures in Kwale, the Nairobi governor then moved to Buru Buru estate in the capital city, where he invested in an array of business including a video library, a boutique, cyber cafes, a spare parts shop run by my wife, salons and barber shops and a bar called Coco beach.
The popular bar used to rake Ksh4 million on average every weekend, thus provided him with more capital to invest in other ventures such as buying the first ever double-decker bus in the city (registered as KAZ 212G under his wife’s name), adding that it was actually renown journalist Julie Gichuru who helped him during the importation process.
Mike Mbuvi Sonko blamed the media for portraying him as a person making dirty money. Although he stood his ground of helping the community.