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Sonko: Kananu saved me from assassination plot and chopper crash

Sonko Kananu

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and his successor Ann Kananu during initiation ceremony of the later's son in Ganga ward in Tharaka Nithi County on December 26, 2022. 

Photo credit: Alex Njeru I Nation Media Group

By  Alex Njeru

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has claimed that his successor, Ann Kananu saved him from a planned assassination while working at Wilson Airport.

Speaking during the initiation ceremony of Ms Kananu’s son, Benjamin Mwenda in Ganga ward in Tharaka Nithi County, Mr Sonko said after gaining a lot of political popularity, some senior politicians in the country saw him as a threat and plotted to kill him through a plane crash.

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