Former Nairobi governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko has left the internet filled with mixed reactions and feelings after his reactions towards the death of a young teenage girl who was beaten by her parents for getting pregnant has gone viral in different social media platforms.
According to the reports received, the teenage girl who was aged between 18 to 20 years old is said to have been beaten to death by her step parents after they received breaking news about her pregnancy.
The girl who was to join college in a few months had just completed highschool and had passed very well with flying colors thus has a chance to be selected in one of the best colleges here in Kenya.
It happens that she was in a relationship with her boyfriend and they had spent a good time together until the time when she was given pregnancy. When the news reached her step parents, they took it so serious and decided to discipline her by giving her the beating of her life.
Unfortunately by bad luck, the girl died while undergoing the beatings and this led to Kenyans reacting to the parents who punished the girl. Led by Mike Sonko, in a statement he said “Aiyayaaa is pregnancy a serious crime nowadays? This 18 years old was beaten to death by her parents because she got pregnant. I can feel the disappointed of the parents but beating her to death is a No. May she rest in peace.”
This incident has however raised a lot of mixed reactions and feelings from the Kenyans as they are left wondering why the parents decided to take such a hard way of punishing their daughter for such a mistake that was understandable.