Mike Sonko - The Kenyan Senator With The Most Lavish Lifestyle In Africa

Mike Sonko, a seating Senator in Kenya, according to reports spent his early years in crime, from mugging people in the streets of Mombasa to becoming a major international drug lord. He is a notorious jail breaker, having escaped from Shimo La Tewa Prison under unclear circumstances. He recently became the first Senator of Nairobi County and rides around in a gold plated SUV. He resigned today over allegedly influencing the award of a Kenya Pipeline Company tender for a share of a Sh1.35 billion kickback. Check on his statement below;

"I have stepped aside as the Senator for Nairobi, Majority deputy chief whip Senate, member Roads and transport; National Security & Foreign Relations, and Joint Committee on National Cohesion & Equal Opportunity committees."  

"I will vacate my county office and only return after my name is cleared. Kenya is bigger than Sonko, Kidero and all the mentioned elected leaders." 

"The only connection I have with the parastatal is that it is headquartered in the county of Nairobi where I am the Senator."  

"I am therefore left to conclude that the investigations against me are motivated by ill will and malice," he said in statement on Facebook on Wednesday.

He urged all other implicated leaders who are still in office to follow suit.

The EACC’s 45-page report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday states that Sonko and suspended Energy CS Davis Chirchir made an attempt to influence the award of the tender to a company called Sinopec instead of one called Zakhem. It was for the construction of a new pipeline and was awarded late in 2014.
"The tender was meant to corruptly yield US$15 million which was to be shared between Davis Chirchir and Senator Mike Sonko," said the Report on the Current Status of Corruption Matters Under Investigation to the Presidency.

Source: The Star