There was a storm in 2013 when reports emerged he wanted a Sh390 million official residence. In September 2016, the Mombasa governmenttold Omar to show residents the alleged Sh390 million residence Joho was putting up for himself. "We all know the Governor does not have an official residence but Sh390 million is a lot of money. Read: Show us Joho’s Sh390 million residence, MCAs urge OmarNyeri will spend Sh200 million to build the governor’s home while Kilifi spent Sh140 million for Amason Kingi’s residence. The Mombasa budget put total expenditure at Sh12 billion, development getting Sh4 billion with personnel (Sh5 billion), total operations and maintenance (Sh3.9 billion) and recurrent (Sh8.9 billion) also factored.

Source: The Star April 26, 2018 13:18 UTC