Kenya: Nomination of Miguna as Sonko's Deputy Causes Stir

It started as a crooked joke on Wednesday evening but, by yesterday morning had snowballed into a heavy and emotional national matter. It came in the form of a badly written letter, complete with a Nairobi County government seal, but the story lay, not in the words, but the motive.

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko had nominated his political arch-enemy and Kenyan-Canadian deportee Miguna Miguna as his deputy, the letter read, and wanted his assembly to vet him. Was this a sick joke on Kenyans, or a publicity stunt gone too far?

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