Sonko Aids Family of Student Killed in a School Fight

Mike Mbuvi Sonko
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko.
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Former Nairobi County Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko came to the aid of a family whose daughter died during a school fight.

In a statement, on Wednesday, November 23, he revealed that he would help the family from Kwale country in burial preparations for the late 13-year-old Monica Achieng.

Sonko was notified of the situation by one of the relatives who explained that poverty had hit the family and had been struggling since the girl’s father lost his job during the pandemic.

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko.
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko.

“We have taken over the mortuary bills, getting the coffin as well as transporting the girl’s body to Siaya for the burial ceremony,’ he stated. 

The class six learner at Mwandero Primary School in Lungalunga was reported to have been kicked by a  fellow student with a shoe on her stomach.

She collapsed and was pronounced dead upon being rushed to Msambweni County Referral Hospital.

The fight in school began following a scuffle during games where Achieng was stopped from participating by the reported student.

Sonko also rescued deceased's mother, Janice Mueni, who has been a domestic worker in Saudi Arabia but is being barred from coming back to Kenya.

He stated that the agent who took Mueni to Saudi failed to grant her permission to attend her daughter's burial and refused to get her a return passport and other legal documents.

The ex-governor shared details of the agent who has allegedly been trading Mueni from one employee to another in Saudi Arabia.

“Another difficult situation is that Janice keeps on being sold from one employer to the other to an extent she doesn’t even know the area she is at currently,” Sonko stated.

However, through traced Mueni’s specific location and promised to work together with the Cabinet Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alfred Mutua and bring her back home.

“We will coordinate with our Ministry of foreign affairs through CS Alfred Mutua and Saudia Arabian embassy to find a way for her to come home and I will pay for her return ticket so she doesn’t miss the burial because I know the pain the mother is going through for losing her daughter while hustling in a foreign country,” he stated. 

A past photo of Former Nairobi County Governor Mike Sonko on October 7. 2022
A past photo of Former Nairobi County Governor Mike Sonko on October 7. 2022
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