The dramatic arrest of Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko in 2019 made airwaves with videos circulated online capturing the embattled legislator roughed up and put in cuffs.
In a rare occurrence, Sonko has demonstrated acts of kindness after he identified the officer who reportedly assaulted him during his arrest through a video circulated online where the officer is caught up in child support woes with the mother of his child.
In the video, the officer who has been identified as the Voi Base commander, Mr Mureithi is being roughed up by a woman who claims to be the mother of his child.null
Further, Mureithi is reported to have neglected his child and dubbed a dead beat with child support arrears of upto Sh300,000.
Women..😂 pic.twitter.com/2OKkiqQGIG
— 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢 (@__Mdhzombo) June 16, 2020
Taking to Facebook, Sonko intimated that he has forgiven the commander for the assault levelled on him during his arrest and offered to pay the child support arrears.
“The Voi Base Commander who handcuffed me becomes a dead beat dad. I do not support domestic violence. I condemn the use of violence in any relationship but pole sana my friend Mr. Mureithi the recently retired Voi Base commander who forcefully handcuffed me with two pairs of handcuffs just to board a police chopper during my arrest at Voi,” reads the post in part.null
Further, he added, “My humble advice to you, if the baby the woman is alleging is really yours kindly accept the responsibility its just normal part of life and since you are now retired, I’m willing to pay for you the 300,000/= upkeep the woman has been awarded by the children’s court.”
The governor also indicated that Mureithi’s colleague who aided in his dramatic arrest is also suffering from a kidney problem and pledged to cater for his medical expenses.
“I have also been made to understand that one of your colleagues who also manhandled me has a kidney problem I’m as well willing to help in meeting his medical expenses,” wrote Sonko.
Governor Sonko was arrested in December 2019 over alleged misappropriation of Ksh357 million from county coffers.
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