Shock as Sonko’s prayer to God is filled with obscenities and Aden Duale insult

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on Tuesday night posted a profanity-filled video on his official Facebook page, causing shock among a section of his 1.8 million followers.

In the 6 minutes-and 49-seconds video, Sonko is seen kneeling down on the floor of a living room, whose table is littered with carbonated drinks, bottled water and a box of alcohol.

The governor, in the company of three other men and two women, are seen lifting their hands up in the air as they, ostensibly, sing a worship song.

A large portion of the video is filled with the five engaging in songs of worship before Sonko offers to pray.

The session, the governor says, was convened to seek God’s intervention in the Division of Revenue impasse, which has put county governments at loggerheads with the Legislature.

“Baba, katika jina la Yesu Kristo, tumekuja kinyume na m****o ya mshenzi na mpumbavu Shetani. Shetani ni kumbavu, takataka na ghasia. Umeingiliwa na pepo ya Aden Duale. Kumbavu, takataka ghasia. Shetani, kumbavu k*******o zako,” Sonko is heard saying in his prayer, which he said, was triggered by the stalled mediation on Division of Revenue Bill between the National Assembly and the Senate.

-Mockery-

A significant section of online users, who responded to Sonko’s prayer called out the governor for “blasphemy”.

Marcus Doli Alfred said: “[This is the] biggest mockery of all time, governor. Wacha kutubeba ufala!”

Ben Cheseret said: “This is crazy! Unless these people are praying [to] another god.”

David Masita said: “This is a big joke, though!”

Ooro Ooro Nyangi said: “I still wonder why some people are commenting Amen on this video. Have you watched the video to the end?”

Cosmus Wambua said: “Mheshimiwa, you can do all the things you like but don’t joke with God.”

-Stalemate-

On Tuesday, July 24, the Senate debated and passed its own version of the Division of Revenue Bill 2019 in a record 40 minutes. It settled on Ksh335 billion as the equitable shareable revenue for counties in the 2019/20 financial year.

The National Assembly, on the other hand, introduced its own bill, with the MPs proposing a total allocation of Ksh316 billion as funds for all the 47 counties.

The National Assembly Bill was introduced by the chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, Kimani Ichung’wa, after Speaker Justin Muturi faulted the 2013 Supreme Court advisory on the role of the Senate in enactment of the bill.

-Salary delays-

Meanwhile, Council of Governors chairman, Wycliffe Oparanya, has warned of tough times ahead for county government employees, saying that the National Treasury might delay in disbursing funds meant for salaries following the stalemate arising from the supremacy battle between the National Assembly and the Senate.

The Division of Revenue Bill 2019 has left the Senate and the National Assembly sharply divided.

The two law-making organs have different figures for what is due to the counties.

While the National Assembly has proposed that counties get Ksh316 billion, the Senate insists that the law must be respected and counties allowed to get their reasonable share.