The flamboyant Senator offered to transport the decomposing body of a Kenyan youth, who was brutally murdered in Juba, South Sudan, under unclear circumstances, to Kenya together with his belongings after the Jubilee Government refused to help.
Sonko was touched by the sad story of 21-year old Rodgers Oyaro Manono from Kisii, whose decomposing body was discovered on 12th of August in Juba, South Sudan.
His poor family has been unable to ferry the body back home and their efforts to seek help from the Government of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy, William Ruto, to fly the body of their kin to Kisii for a decent burial have been futile as the Government turned them down, prompting the South Sudan Government to resolve to bury the young Rodgers in a mass grave.
However, when the story reached Sonko, he did not waste any time as he secured an air ticket to fly the body to Kenya via Fly 540 before the authorities in Juba complicated matters even further.
Sonko did not give up there, he offered to transport the body to Kenya via road only to bump into another headwind - the body could not be identified as it had decomposed beyond recognition after it was piled up with other bodies and with no fridge.
The family has now been left with no body to bury but to conduct a traditional funeral using the deceased’s belongings that Sonko will help them transport from Juba to Kisii.
“We wish the Government could offer us support to identify the body and take our son’s remains to our village for a descent send off. However, we are grateful to Sonko and his rescue team for the support; even if we don’t have the body we will use the money to carry the late Oyaro’s belongings back home,” said one of the cousins to the deceased.
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