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Mbuvi Gidion Kioko Mike Sonkocommonly known as Mike Sonko or simply Sonko (Sheng for "rich person" or "boss"), is a Kenyan politician who currently serves as Senator of Nairobi. Sonko is the immediate former Member of Parliament for Makadara Constituency, Kenya, a position he was elected to on September 20, 2010 in a by-election. Born in Mombasa, he was once kicked out of parliament for wearing earrings and sun glasses.
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.
After the Westgate shopping mall attack in September 2013, Sonko claimed that he had warned the security services of a possible attack three months previously.