This archive report was first published on 27 July 2021.
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has sparked controversy with a social media post threatening to expose a fellow politician accused of recklessly spreading HIV.
According to Sonko, the unnamed senator has been engaging in multiple affairs and deliberately infecting women and politicians with the virus.
“Haki ya Mungu viongozi wengine ni wajinga sana na wanastahili kuchomwa,” said Sonko, which translates to “God’s Righteousness Some leaders are very ignorant and deserve to be burned.”
He further alleged that the senator knows he has HIV but instead of using protection, he infects his fellow leaders and innocent women, and even aborts them.
“Yani unajijua uko na ukimwi but instead of using rubber ama mpira kazi yako nikuambukiza viongozi wenzako na innocent women plus kuwapea mimba. Pepoo wewe. Ngoja tu utaskia very soon,” Sonko tweeted.
It is not clear who Sonko was referring to in his post, but one of his followers claimed to know the senator and revealed that he even brags about his sexpades in bars.
“Huyo Senator ni FALA #1. Jama anafanyanga UJINGA sana. I UNDERSTAND those younglings akimalizia anawafungulianga gate USIKU wa manane “out ni inje” not caring where she’ll go. His mantra ANADAI, ALIAMBUKISHWA na yeye anasambaza, haendi (kufa) solo Crying face,” the follower tweeted.
It is worth noting that in Kenya, the deliberate transmission of HIV or any other life-threatening sexual transmitted disease may lead to imprisonment of not less than 15 years, which may be advanced to life imprisonment.
According to the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act, knowingly and recklessly placing another person at risk of becoming infected with HIV is a criminal offence.
