This archive report was first published on 11 November 2019.
On November 9, 2019, Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko sparked a heated debate with a Facebook post that justified philandering by husbands.
According to Sonko, a man can cheat on his woman and still love her, but a woman cannot cheat on her man and still love him. He claimed that men do not have sex with emotions, while women attach emotions to sex.
"According to Boog, a man can cheat on his woman and still love her but a woman cannot cheat on her man and still love him. I say this because while men do not have sex with emotions, women can't have sex without attaching emotions to it. This is the reason men simply need a place to have sex while women need a reason to have sex," he wrote.
However, many women trashed Sonko's views, arguing that men who cheat on their partners are weak and lack respect for their lovers. They also pointed out that women are still a mystery to men and that cheating is not a sign of strength, but rather a sign of weakness.
"The book 'understanding women' they say is barely on the preface.., scholars have barely got even to the introduction... don't be too sure... careful," wrote Jaber Min Casey.
"Cheating men are weak, even their kids know it coz they feel the emptiness in their fathers, That's why they die early," offered Grasha Ndung.
"You haven't met some of us yet... we don't catch feelings we only catch flights," said Mwanaisha Mkeghe.
