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Hassan Joho resurfaces with a brave face

Joho and Coast leaders

From left: Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Affirmative Action and Gender Mainstreaming Aisha Jumwa, Former Mombasa County Governor Hassan Joho and Speaker of the Senate Amason Kingi addressing journalists during a presser by Coastal leaders at Serena Hotel, Nairobi. The leaders spoke in one voice on matters of development of the coastal region and safeguarding its resources.

Photo credit: Bonface Bogita | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The wealthy, flamboyant politician was recently said to have brokered a peace deal between President William Ruto and the opposition leader
  • He has reappeared on the same stage, but this time over the development of the Coast region and the concession of the ports of Mombasa, Lamu and Shimoni
  • Mr Joho, whose family has huge stakes in the port of Mombasa, said Coast leaders would seek an audience with the President on the concessioning of the ports

Former Mombasa governor Hassan Joho has emerged as a key figure in the Kenya Kwanza government, while keeping a low profile in national politics, brokering deals between President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga.

The wealthy, flamboyant politician was recently said to have brokered a peace deal between President William Ruto and the opposition leader.