On Wednesday, December 11, Raila Odinga Junior advised Kenyans against falling for the political theatrics of politicians caught in trouble with the law in a direct jab at Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko that was illustrated with a video.
Junior's sentiments were published on social media shortly after Sonko appeared at the Milimani Law Courts in an ambulance from the Kenyatta National Hospital, where he had been rushed to at midnight for treatment.
"As we go through the charade of an apparent illness for public sympathy, let’s remember the decadence of which “allegedly” public coffers were spent," he wrote on Facebook.
To further his point,Junior juxtaposed two videos contrasting the governor's supposed disconnect with the electorate; one of the governor on a shopping spree in Dubai and another of the building that collapsed in Tassia.
In the video, the governor is seen dramatically counting a huge sum of money and issuing it to a shop attendant in exchange for jewelry while on the right side of the video collage, emergency workers are scrambling to rescue scores trapped inside a building in Nairobi's Tassia Estate.
Sonko, who was arrested on Friday, December 7 in Voi, is facing 13 counts of conflict of interest and corruption levelled against him.
Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji made the announcement for his arrest in a press conference on the same day, going to state that his decision was based on investigations conducted by the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC).
Recently, the former Prime Minister's son has been commenting on his social media pages on national issues, raising questions on his interest in joining politics in 2022.
However, in an interview early this year on Radio Jambo, Junior stated that despite pressure from his father's supporters, he would not be joining politics anytime soon.
"People have been pushing and expecting me to take over but I do not have such plans for the near future. I will not be vying for any seat in the 2022 elections," stated Junior.
