Former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko has adopted an orphaned three-year-old boy who witnessed the murder of his father last week.
On Monday, January, the deceased was walking his son to school in Mathare when thugs intercepted them, stabbing him to death in front of his son. Immediately after the incident was reported, Sonko expressed his desire to adopt the little boy.
Taking to social media on Saturday, he announced that he had finally taken Baby James into his family and adopted him with the help of administration officials from Mathare.
“I thank God for blessing me with another son. Baby James, the child whose father was stabbed to death by thugs as he helplessly watched on a Monday morning in Mathare area 4 while taking him to school, will now be part of my family,” Sonko stated.
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko addressing a past function.
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“My special compliments to Mr. Victor Owiti Sub-County Children’s Officer Mathare, Christine Dembah Snr Chief Mathare, Agness Nganga Assistant Chief Utalii, Sophia Akinyi Shofco gender champion, Mathare and Margret Nzuki CPV Utalii for taking good care of the boy from the day his father was murdered.”
Sonko accompanied the post with a series of pictures and a video that depicted him showering the boy with toys and assuring him everything would be okay despite the tragedy he received.
In addition to the adoption, Sonko stated that he would be enrolling the boy in therapy to ensure that his trauma would be dealt with professionally and later on to another school of his choosing.
“Since the kid is traumatised, I will engage the services of a professional therapist for his healing journey and thereafter, he will continue with his education at a different school of my choice,” he wrote.
“May God comfort and protect him during this difficult period he’s undergoing as he mourns his only parent. May the Lord rest his deceased father’s soul in everlasting peace.”
The murder of Baby James’ father caused an uproar in the Mathare community and led to protests with the residents even chasing away the police when they attempted to retrieve the body.
He was a single father who was hailed as a hard-working man who only worked to provide the best for his son. When his body was discovered, a lunchbox belonging to Baby James lay open by his side with remnants of his Ugali and Omena strewn across the road.
“He wanted to feed his son and that is why he went to the construction sites to get a living. This must be addressed,” a neighbour told the media on Monday.
A crime scene tape in a past scene.
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