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Sonko to adopt Mwai Kibaki's style 

Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko has announced that he will adopt former President Mwai Kibaki's...

Senator Mike Sonko and former President Mwai Kibaki

Speaking to a local daily, Sonko together with his running mate, divulged that the Council would approve all major contracts awarded by his county.

The Senator stated that the council would be made up of professionals and individuals drawn up from the wealthy and less affluent from the city. “The council will verify every contract. Such that before you are paid it will have seen that the work is done properly. We will have a new management style.“Nairobi’s greatest undoing is bad leadership at the moment. Nairobi contributes 60 per cent of GDP and we receive highest allocation from the national government but there is nothing to show for it, which points to poor leadership,” the senator was quoted by the Nation.

Read Also: JOHO'S PLAN TO EMBARRASS UHURUSonko noted that he knew the problems the city was facing and promised to lower taxes for parking fees in Nairobi as well as businesses.The senator will now face incumbent Evans Kidero after trouncing former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth in Jubilee primaries to clinch the Nairobi gubernatorial ticket for Nairobi.

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