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Mathenge Mukundi when he was admitted to the Bar, becoming the first advocate of the Rastafarian faith. PHOTO | COURTESY Rastafarian advocate Mathenge Mukundi has declared his interest in becoming the next Nairobi governor following the impeachment of Mike Sonko last week. Mukundi now joins several other politicians and technocrats who have expressed interest in the vacant seat that is being occupied temporarily by Speaker Benson Mutura. Speaking to Nairobi News, he said he will vie as an independent candidate in the February 18 by-election. The 24-year-old further intimated he wanted to re...

THE STANDARD By Josphat Thiong'o | December 19th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Speaker Benson Mutura. [Samson Wire, Standard] The swearing-in of Speaker Benson Mutura as the acting Governor of Nairobi failed to take place yesterday.   Mutura was to be sworn-in just hours after Mike Sonko was voted out by the Senate following his impeachment by the county assembly. Sonko was impeached by the county assembly over charges of abuse of office, gross violation of the law, committing a crime under the national and international laws and lacking the capability to run the county. According to the law...