Meet the Billionaire Governor who drives only gold cars, uses 24-Karat gold phones, jewelries and only drinks gold wine (photos)

Yesterday, something happened on Twitter.. A Nigerian twitter user, shared a picture of Senator Dino Melaye, dancing and swagging, she complained bitterly about him and wrote; “This man right here, is a senator in my country. Somebody help..”

Immediately, a Kenyan, responded to the tweet and insinuated Dino is better, he then shared a picture of Nairobi’s current governor, Mike Sonko, who wears multi million dollars jewelrie

He shared the above picture and wrote: “Wish I could. But this man right here is the Governor of my country.. Nairobi”

Shocked? I am too.. See below, what we could get from Wikipedia, about Mike Sonko, and pictures of his luxury lifestyle.

According to reports, Sonko has several Gold Cars, Uses 24 Karat Gold Phones, and Drinks only from Gold bottles.

Mike Sonko rose to national political prominence when he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Makadara Constituency, Kenya at the a

ge of 35.

His political image was further bolstered by his trouncing of such political heavyweights as Dick Wathika and Reuben Ndolo to clinch the seat. The September 20, 2010 by-election was occasioned by a successful petition by Reuben Ndolo.

After the inauguration of the new constitution of Kenya in 2010 and the creation of the county governments, Sonko announced his intention to run for Senator in Nairobi County.

He became the First Senator of Nairobi after it was announced that, with 808,705 votes, he beat his closest competitor, Margaret Wanjiru of the Orange Democratic Movement, who had garnered 525,822 votes, in the Nairobi senatorial election of 2013.

Unlike his time in parliament, where he gained notoriety for flaunting House Rules, including incidences of inappropriate dressing.

During his time in the senate, he formed the Sonko Rescue Team, an officially registered Non-Governmental Organization that provided government-like services to residents of Nairobi slums.

The then governor of Nairobi County, Dr. Evans Kidero opposed the activities of the group, citing conflict of interests with the county government’s operations. The Senator acquiesced and donated the vehicles to the county government after several weeks of tense public exchanges.

As early as January 2016, Mike Sonko had announced his intentions to run for Governor of Nairobi County in the Kenyan general election, 2017.

After a grueling primary campaign against Peter Kenneth, Sonko run for the Gubernatorial seat for Nairobi County with the Jubilee Party of Kenya and defeated the incumbent Evans Kidero to become the second Governo