Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka Admits Siring Child with Woman Demanding Sh25 Million Upkeep

Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka has admitted he is responsible for the pregnancy of a woman who has sued him for child support.

The woman filed the case last month through lawyer Danstan Omari demanding child support of Sh200,000 monthly or a lump sum of Sh25 million.

She also wants Lusaka to buy her a house matching the standard of where his other children are living.

During the mention of the case on Wednesday, the court heard that Lusaka had agreed to cater to the baby’s pre-natal care and that other issues would be settled once the baby is born.

“It’s not correct that my client can’t make prenatal expenses…. that has been sorted. And we are saying let’s wait for the baby to be born… who can buy a house within seven days?” Lusaka’s attorney Peter Wanyama said.

He added: “My client has advised me to tell the court that he’s engaging the lady concerning issues of birth maintenance…My client has an open mind. The issues of maintenance of the child will be addressed.”

The court directed that the matter is mentioned on July 28th.

In court documents, the woman says she has been having unprotected carnal knowledge with Lusaka since 2018 until May this year when they disagreed over the pregnancy.

“Parties have been having a jolly intimate affair punctuated with several instances unprotected carnal knowledge since the year 2018 up until about two months May 2021 when they disagreed strongly after the applicant disclosed that as a consequence of their unprotected sexual encounters, she had conceived a child,” court papers read.

The applicant noted that she is unable to meet the child’s needs because she is jobless, saying that Lusaka should be forced to pay a flat payment to cover all the child’s bills to prevent further neglect.

"The cause of their disagreement was exacerbated by Lusaka's insistence on terminating the pregnancy, a proposal that the applicant declined to accede to and now she is three months pregnant and counting since she discovered that she was expectant of Lusaka's child as she has not been intimate with any other man other than the respondent, a fact that can be confirmed through a prenatal paternity test," court documents add.