Mike Sonko has unveiled his running mate Polycarp Igathe, as the race to win the Nairobi gubernatorial seat hit up.
Sonko will be battling it out with Evans Kidero and Miguna Miguna after the withdrawal of Peter Kenneth and Damleck Waweru among other top runners.
Yesterday, Sonko announced his fellow who will help him run the big city suppose he wins, but who is Polycarp Igathe? 10 Facts you did not know about him
- He is the son of Nairobi’s business mongul Chris Kirubi
- Currently Igathe is an Managing Director for Vivo Energy
- Igathe has served as the Kenya Association of Manufacturers chairman
- Also at Uchumi supermarkets director from May 2015 to March 23, 2016.
- Served at Managing and Executive Director of Haco Industries Kenya
- And also as the director of Mercantile Insurance Company.
- Igathe was also in the gun drama of Nominated Senator Paul Njoroge when he shot in the air protesting the closer of a petrol station
- Vivo Enegy is a multinational company based in Holland
- This is the first time he is joining politics
- Besides business, he has a family when he is out of a coat