The absence of Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko from the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report launch at Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi maybe should not raise any alarm. This change of tack is peculiar for a man who would not have dared criticise Mr Kenyatta directly – at times even going to great lengths to defend him from critics. Ni hayo tu kwa sasa (that is all for now),” said Mr Sonko in the post on Facebook. Political analyst Mark Bichachi attributed Mr Sonko’s outbursts to an angry and frustrated man reeling from clipped political power with Nairobi county government affairs now basically being run by NMS Director-General Mohammed Badi. President Kenyatta has gone public with his support for NMS, which is now running key functions of the county government, warning he will not allow politics to interfere with the operation of the entity.

Source: Daily Nation October 30, 2020 12:22 UTC