Former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko is among the wealthiest politicians in the country.
The flamboyant politician has a niche for the fine things in life as evidenced by his jewellery, fleet of cars, to his multi-million home in Machakos.
However, how the former Nairobi governor earned his wealth has always been a bone of contention among members of the public.
He has always been a generous donor since before he was elected member of parliament for Makadara during a by-election in 2010.
During an interview with NTV in May 2019, Sonko took Kenyans down his entrepreneurial lane, revealing how he made his first million.
The former governor narrated that he made his first million from commissions after selling land to foreign investors. He was in Form Three at the time.
That same year, Sonko built a four-storey building in Kwale. The following year, he built another house.
After he was done with secondary school, he moved to live with his father in Buru Buru, Nairobi and started to invest in the city.
"I had a movie library, a salon, a barbershop, a boutique which was run by my wife this was around 1998 or 1999 and I remember being among the first people to have matatus with screens which brought me over Ksh40,000 per day," the governor stated.
Here is the video courtesy of NTV;
The former governor revealed that he was the owner of Coco Lounge Bar in Nairobi which on a good weekend would earn him Ksh4 million.
Sonko said that he popularised Bongo Music in Kenya by being among the first Kenyan entrepreneurs to host top Tanzanian artists to his club.
