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Mbuvi Gidion Kioko Mike Sonko[1] commonly known as Mike Sonko or simply Sonko (Sheng for "rich person"),[2] is the immediate former Member of Parliament for Makadara Constituency, Kenya. He was elected on September 20, 2010 in a by-election.[3] He was recently kicked out of parliament for wearing earrings and sun glasses. Despite this he holds a record of being a man of the people and a man of tangible developments.

Mbuvi became the First Senator of Nairobi after it was announced that, with 808,705 votes, beat his closest competitor, Margaret Wanjiru of the Orange Democratic Movement, who had garnered 525,822 votes, in the Nairobi senatorial election of 2013.[citation needed]

Sonko is known to be generous to the Kenya's majority poor sponsoring underprivileged children.This has made him popular among kenya's electorate.However many questions have risen concerning his lavish spending. He is also known for his unorthodox mode of dressing affiliated with the hip hop community.

Mbuvi Gidion Kioko Mike Sonko [1] commonly known as Mike Sonko or simply Sonko (Sheng for "rich person"),[2] is the former Member of Parliament for Makadara Constituency, Kenya. He was elected on September 20, 2010 in a by-election.[3] He was recently kicked out of parliament for wearing earrings and sun glasses. Despite this he holds a record of being a man of the people with many philanthropic activities to his name and a man of tangible developments.

In Kenya's bicameral house provided for in the new constitution, Mbuvi was elected the First Senator of Nairobi on a TNA ticket after it was announced that, with 808,705 votes, beat his closest competitor, Margaret Wanjiru of the Orange Democratic Movement, who had garnered 525,822 votes, in the Nairobi senatorial election of 2013. Mbuvi has come to be regarded as an icon of the youth empowerment in Kenya.