Disturbing the dead: Mombasa man accuses Sonko of using his mothers grave for political mileage
That Mike Sonko is a controversial man is a
heavy understatement; the former Nairobi Governor, who relocated to the Coast
and is now seeking to replace outgoing Mombasa County chief Ali Hassan Joho,
lives and breathes headlines.
The flamboyant politician has found himself
in yet another hot soup, this time over a grave at the Kikowani Muslim
Cemetery.
Sonko, during his campaign tour on Friday, took
Wiper party leader Kalonzo Muyoka and a host of his legion of supporters to the
cemetery and showed them a grave purportedly belonging to his late mother.
Sonko, in videos from the visit seen by
Citizen Digital, appears emotional and sheds a few tears as he lays a wreath on
the grave and pours water on it.
However, another man has now come out
claiming that the grave does not actually belong to Sonko’s mother, but to his own
(second man’s) mother.
The man - Abubakar Aboud - slammed the former Nairobi County
boss for what he termed as playing politics with the dead, urging him to desist
from such theatrics.
Abubakar further urged Sonko to return to the Kikowani
Muslim Cemetery and tender an apology for the action, while also hitting out at
Wiper boss Kalonzo for falling for the ploy.
“Hii ni kaburi ya mamangu, Mariam Ali, miaka
saba iliyopita. Msitafute kura kupitia makaburi, ni mambo ya kusikitika sana.
Yametuuma sana Sonko kuja kusema ati hili kaburi ni la mamake. Sonko atafute
kaburi la mamake, sio hili,” the emotional man is seen
“Skiza Sonko: Danganya watu Nairobi, danganya
watu Mombasa, lakini sio hapa. Usidanganye watu kwenye makaburi., hawa watu
wametulia wamelala hapo chini, unawasumbua.”
He added: “Na Kalonzo wewe, unaingia kwenye
uwongo kama huu? Ni jambi la kusikitisha sana. Na urudi hapa uombe msamaha
Sonko.”
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