This archive report was first published on 28 August 2019.
On a visit to the Hearts Children's Home in Nairobi, Kenya, to commemorate the anniversary of her mother's death, Saumu Sonko, daughter of Governor Mike Sonko, met a young girl who would soon become her adopted daughter.
August 28, 2019, marked a special day for Saumu as she introduced her second child, a girl she had adopted, on social media. The emotional post revealed her joy at becoming a mother for the second time.
According to Saumu, she was deeply moved by the story of the child's circumstances, which led her to adopt the girl as her second daughter. The child, one of the many living at the children's home, had captured Saumu's heart.
"Yesterday I met such a beautiful angel at Hearts Children's Home, a child so pure and innocent but what she has gone through left me so broken and in tears," Saumu wrote on Instagram.
She continued, "I agreed and vowed that she will be my responsibility and a new member of my family for the rest of my life. I'm so happy that I'm going to be a mother to such a beautiful soul… May God guide and protect this little Angel for me always."
With this adoption, Saumu now has two children, including a two-year-old child with her ex-boyfriend Ben Gatu.
