Sonko Given 21 Days to Respond to Sh448,000-a-Month Child Support Suit

Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has been given 21 days to respond to a child support suit filed against him by a woman claiming to be his former lover.

Ngong’ Senior Principal Magistrate Pamela Achieng adjourned the matter to June 23rd and directed Sonko’s lawyers to file a response before a hearing is scheduled.

The woman claims Sonko has neglected his parental responsibility of taking care of their 15-year-old daughter, who is a Form Two student.

Through lawyer Dan Okemwa, the woman is demanding monthly child upkeep of Sh448,450 to cater for food and shopping, rent, security, clothing, house help, entertainment, medical cover, education, transport, and utilities for their 15-year-old daughter.

She also wants the court to compel Sonko to pay school fees of Sh86,000, school fees arrears of Sh37,000, Sh30,450 to cater for school-related expenses and uniforms, and provide medical cover and upkeep for the girl pending the hearing and determination of the case.

The claims the politician has refused to provide for the minor’s basic needs such as education, good health, food, clothing, shelter, entertainment, and medication

Describing Sonko as a person of means, the woman argues that their daughter is entitled to equal treatment and provision like his other children.

“The unequal treatment has affected the minor psychologically as she does not understand why her father is abrasive towards her. Besides, the minor has been bullied and ridiculed in school because of her surname thus causing her emotional trauma and has indicated she wants to be transferred from the school,” read court documents.

She claims to have met Sonko in 1999 and later entered into an on and off romantic relationship that led to the birth of their daughter on April 17th, 2007. She claims Sonko does not want anything to do with the minor even though he knows he is the biological father. 

“Sonko and I are the biological parents of the minor herein. I have always been willing to have a DNA test done to prove the paternity of the minor, a fact which Sonko is well aware of as we have discussed the same on several occasions,” she says in her affidavit.