He rose to national political prominence when he was elected as the Member of Parliament to get Makadara Constituency, Kenya at the age of 35. The September 20, 2010 by-election was occasioned by an effective petition by Reuben Ndolo.

Following the inauguration of the new constitution of Kenya at 2010 and the development of the county authorities, Mike Sonko declared his intention to run for Senator at Nairobi County. He became the very first Senator of Nairobi afterwards it was announced that, with 808,705 votes, he beat his nearest competitor, Margaret Wanjiru of the Orange Democratic Movement, who had garnered 525,822 votes, even from the Nairobi senatorial election of 2013. [citation needed] Contrary to his time in parliament, where he gained notoriety for flaunting House Rules, such as 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 soon as January 2016, Mike Sonko had declared his intentions to run for Governor of Nairobi County from the Kenyan general election, 2017. After a grueling Main effort against Peter Kenneth, Sonko run for the Gubernatorial seat for Nairobi County together with the Jubilee Party of Kenya and defeated the incumbent Evans Kidero to become the second Governor of Nairobi.

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