Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has hit out at Governor Mike Sonko for disrespecting late Kibra MP Ken Okoth.
Sakaja faulted the flamboyant county boss for publicly claiming that Okoth sired a baby out of wedlock.
"I know there are allegations that have been made right on this podium. I knew Ken to be a man of dignity. Ken Okoth’s personal matters shouldn’t be broadcast to the public. Ken was a respected man. And, we know that he has left this world having adequately planned the welfare of his family. For the respect that we all should accord Ken, let those [wild] claims be limited to this event. We, as his brothers, who knew him so well and loved him, we will give Ken the respect and honour that he deserves," he said as quoted by K24.
Anita Nthumbi, a nominated Nairobi MCA, claimed that she sired a child with the late Kibra MP.
She said her attempts to be part of Okoth's funeral arrangements were rebuffed by the MP's family.
A court of law stopped plans to cremate the legislator who succumbed to cancer at a Nairobi hospital.
Sonko told mourners that Ken Okoth fell in love with the MCA while she was a nurse working in the Sonko Rescue Team.
"The Late Ken Okoth has a child named Okoth with one Annitah, who is a nominated MCA in the County Assembly of Nairobi. Let us not lie to ourselves. It is not wrong to have more than one wife. Recently President Kenyatta signed into law a bill allowing polygamy," Sonko said.