Sonko Just a Typical Mutant of Nairobi’s Youth

He’s back. He’s reloaded and most of all he’s got a millennium prize for you: a full bag of theatrics.

May you all arise and hail the celebrity youngster Mp who has dedicated all his parliamentary life to hunting for fame, attention and kuwakilisha (represent). Give him a clap for he has done well on his motto of wakilishaing mayouth (youngsters), especially the Nairobi ones.

Gideon Mbuvi aka Mike Sonko is not a young man on his own. He is a mature Nairobi-boy doing what most boys in this chanukad (modern) city do to get the fame they desperately yearn for. He’s seriously after the celebrity status the lads are dying for. And he’s seemingly on the right path.

Fame, money-the two things that bring forth girls, bling bling, cars and flashy phones-are not so few indispensables making the heart and survival of these young Nairobians. Without them, or if they have a quarter or half of the two, they would default into distress mode, a fearful situation that, if not liquidated, would make them oscillate in and out of extinction cum anonymity-a syndrome none of these teenagers and daddy-teenagers do not want to be infected with.

Sonko, the amateur boxer whose opponents are often walls, steel doors and gates, tarmac roads, plus city hall tyre-cuffs, his main hobby being lying prostrate on solid tar and wriggling like a demon-infested individual waiting for the exorcist is man on a mission. 

The Makadara Mp adorns all sorts of attire, just like all other men of his or younger generation. They, if not in a skinny trouser and mix-coloured spear-like flat-footed ndulas (shoes), they are spotting an array of hairstyles. Of course, their trousers would be next to their knees dropping down at the back exposing their behinds to all, sundry and getting the coolness of the day’s wind. More so, they are ever complaining about what the government has not done, always pointing out at other people’s weaknesses without bothering to mention their frailties, ever throwing tantrums when advised to do something like taking a bath to wash away their sins, or brushing their teeth to clean their foul-mouths.

Sonko’s attitude is a perfect replica of the youths who will go as far as they can to get the much coveted attention and fame. That’s what Sonko is seeking and fortunately he’s getting.

Moral Lesson: When you see a Nairobi man out, shouting his heart out then know he has failed to get much attention in his house or in the hood. He’s trying to get it elsewhere.