Governor Evans Kidero and Senator Mike Sonko are running neck and neck in the race to become the next governor of Nairobi in 2017. But Western political heavyweight Eugene Wamalwa has failed to make an impact after declaring his intention to run for Nairobi governor next year. The poll of self-declared aspirants was conducted on […]

Social Media presence of Nairobi’s Politicians Social media is a powerful tool for change, both negative and positive. The Arab Spring was hatched and prosecuted through social media. There is no sphere of life affected by traditional media that has managed to escape nibbling by social media. The difference is that social media has added […]

Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko has refused to withdraw remarks he made against Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero during a Senate’s Public Accounts Committee meeting last month. The meeting was disrupted, after Sonko and Kidero engaged in a physical fight, after the Senator sought to present documents he claimed showed that the governor had grabbed private properties […]

Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko Mbuvi attacked Governor Evans Kidero over corruption perpetuated by City Hall cartels on the poor in the city. Trouble started when Nairobi County deputy governor Hon Jonathan Mueke dismissed those who have declared their interest to unseat Kidero as people with no track record to steer and govern Nairobi. Mueke urged […]

With about a year to the general election, the Nairobi gubernatorial seat seems to be Senator Sonko’s, as it has been consistently shown by Centre for African Progress (CAP) surveys and indeed other polls. In a poll released early February by TIFA headed by former Ipsos CEO Maggie Ireri, Sonko led with 28%. Other candidates […]